Sermons & Devotionals by Richard E. Bieber

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you. Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you. Be sober, be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing ... Read More

You pick up the newspaper and they tell you that there are only a few more shopping days left. So get crackin! You check over the headlines and are reminded that, Christmas or no Christmas, things are looking pretty shaking out there. Bombs going off in crowded cities, refugee camps filling up from ... Read More

Read: John 15:1-15 There are many different brands of Christianity and forms of worship and “doctrinal positions.” To find the real thing in the midst of all the confusion and falsehood- - don't ask what church they belong to, - or whether they believe in the rapture, - or whether the Bible is verba... Read More

''But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said...... He will guide you into all truth.'' The promise to the apostles was very simple. While their time of walking with Jesus in flesh and blood... Read More

Now when Eli'sha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Jo'ash king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, crying, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And Eli'sha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows"; so he took a bow and arrows. Then he said ... Read More

Read: 1 John 5:6 In the opening chapters of scripture we are told of a river that flowed through the garden of Eden to water it and give it life. At the end of scripture (Revelation 22), we read, And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God an... Read More

As he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large crowd from the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep." And he came and touched the bi... Read More

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah en... Read More

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the ea... Read More

If there's only one God and one Jesus, how come they've got all these churches? Why isn't there just one? Some people seem to think that Jesus blew it when it came to keeping his Church together. So they're going to help him. There are the ecumenical bugs who are busy trying to get all the denominat... Read More

If we could somehow get back there and actually see that group of believers in Rome to whom Paul wrote his epistle, our first reaction would probably be disappointment. These are the people who changed the world? Why, there's nothing special about them! Slaves, poor people and even rabble. You'd thi... Read More

You will know them by their fruits.... so every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit. Matt 7:16-17 Salvation comes to us from God as a sheer gift. All we have to do is receive it. The moment we receive the life of Jesus, the angels sing, the Heavens open and the Son of God ... Read More

That I may know him in the power of his resurrection, the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death. Philippians 3:10 Notice that the record of Jesus' resurrection does not read like this: "And behold there was a great earthquake. While an angel of the Lord descended from heaven a... Read More

Today, The Day of Pentecost, we remember how it all began. On the day of Pentecost a small group of people was transformed from an assembly of souls who weren’t quite sure why they were together, into an Army of Light. Suddenly, this motley crew became a magnet that drew thousands that very day out ... Read More

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits Eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and the revive the heart of the contrite." Isaiah 57:15 Jesus is walking down the road su... Read More

Read: Romans 15:4-6 & 13 Sometimes we come to a place where our zeal for God is gone. Our soul is stagnant. We don’t have any more strength to face things. When we get like this it’s not necessarily because we committed some gross secret sin or because we’re physically exhausted. Many times this inn... Read More

Who of us would deny that our Lord Jesus expects us to do the things he commands in the way he does them—the way we see him do things in the gospels. Can you picture Jesus saying….. “We need more money, Peter. Time to send out an appeal for funds.” “Listen folks, if you don’t speak in tongues, you d... Read More

How long wilt thou forget me, 0 Lord forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long sha1l mine enemy be exalted over me? Consider and hear me, 0 Lord my God: lighten mine eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death; les... Read More

"I will not leave you desolate; I will come to you." John 14:18 When we begin to wake up from our spiritual slumber and open our eyes to the real world, we soon discover that God's ways are a mystery to us. God doesn't mesh his plans with ours. The awesome promises of the Lord Jesus are rarely fulfi... Read More

Let's say there's this person who walks all over you. Takes advantage of you whenever they need you, and then forgets all about you until the next time they want to use you. This goes on for a long time… but it happens once too often. One day you wake up and say to yourself, "I'm not going to be the... Read More