First Baptist Church Howard, KS

06/07/2026

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6/7/26 Special Music by brother Jacob Strange and a message that can set you FREE, FREE INDEED! Have a great week church family.

Set Free from darkness Luke 8

06/04/2026

What's new for 2026 with Children's Church? Looking for a place to help you equip your children with a sure foundation for the future? Come check us out. Meet the teachers and look at the curriculum. Our prayer is that God would use us to raise up another generation that loves Jesus, knows His word, and who are filled with His Spirit.

06/03/2026

"A Living Letter" 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 VOICE- "You are our letter, every word burned onto our hearts to be read by everyone."

Every so often I get the question "What do you DO" Reading, Writing, and Rhetoric pretty much sums it up. I began to think about writing and the Bible, and asked; are there any times God sat down to write specifically in the Scriptures and why? Yes, 3 specific times God takes His pen and dips it into the inkwell and writes. He writes a word of Commandment in Exodus 20 - showing us our need for a Savior. He writes a word of Condemnation in Daniel 5 as the hand of God emblazes a word to Belshazzer showing us that we are ALL found wanting before God. Then in the New Testament Jesus sits down to write a word of Cleansing and Forgiveness in John 8 as he forgives the woman caught in the act of adultery. God is into writing!

In fact the entire Bible is God's personal love letter to you! It's a Love letter (John 3:16), a Lasting letter (Matt.24:35), and a Living letter! (Heb.4:12). But did you know God is still writing today? Yes indeed! That is what Paul says in our verse today that we are living letters to be read by everyone!
So, my question to ponder on this Wednesday is what is God writing in your life and through your life? Even the pslamist said in Ps.45:1 "My tongue is like a ready scribe." Every day you wake up there is a blank piece of parchement that is set before you. And at the end of the day it is filled with words, conversations, actions, and thoughts.. How would it read? It may make for some strange reading for sure.

The scripture makes it clear that your letter is - Public reading. 'Read by everyone" Is is Permanent reading - "burned in," in other words no magic eraser.. sorry! And it is Profound- it communicates something. Oh church, let's ask the Lord Jesus to pick up the pen and write His love over our wounded hearts. Let's ask Him to enscribe words of Grace and Cleansing over our bewildered minds. Let Him write words of comfort and joy to our tired and weary souls. And then in turn let us take up the pen that is our life and begin to write something beautiful, something worthy, something that will point others to the Great Creator!

One last thing I almost forgot! There is another time God writes and that is when someone comes to Jesus by grace through faith in the finished work of the cross and resurrection. The Bible says their names are 'written in heaven" (Lk10:20, Phil4:3) in the "book of life." Is your name there friend? If so, what are we reading with the letter you are writing?

“I’m just a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, Who is sending a love letter to the world.” – Mother Teresa

05/31/2026

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5/31 - Are you in a Strorm? Jesus shows us How to be Stronger than the Storm in our message from Luke 8 today. Peace Be Still!

A Sermon from Luke 8 on how to overcome Life's Storms.

05/29/2026

Join us this Sunday 5/31 for a multi-church worship service at Howard Methodist church. Praise begins at 6 PM.

05/27/2026

"Take a Rest" (Matt. 11:28)
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest"
Do you remember your mom telling you to "Take a Rest?" Well Jesus tells us to do just that in our verse today. But what is this rest? How do we achieve it? And where do we find it?
What's your picture of perfect rest? Maybe, a hammock by the beach? A quiet cabin in the woods? A day away from the kids, emails, and phones? Church, the rest Jesus speaks of is much deeper than that! It is rest for the soul (Jeremiah 6:16) It is not the absence of resistance but rest in the resistance. It is not the removal of our problems but peace in our problems! It's not days without stress but serenity in the stress. It's like a turbulent sea whose waves are raging on top but is perfectly still 100 feet below.

This is True Rest! Let me ask you; 'Do you have this?' Jesus says come to me and "Take a Rest" Did you catch that? Rest is not found in a pill, but a person. Rest is not found in a bottle, but in One who sticks closer than a brother. Rest is not about the removal of my problems, but me dwelling in His presence. (Ps.46:4) This Rest is not found in a place, this rest is found in a Person- JESUS CHRIST!
Take a Rest Friend! But what does that mean? To find out we need to look at the word Jesus uses in the original language.
The Greek word for “rest” is ἀναπαύω (anapausis) [notice the word pause in there!] it’s not just taking a nap or zoning out. It means a deep pause, a soul-level exhale. (PS.46:10)

In other words Rest is not about having everything figured out in your life; but having a Father who sees you, knows you, and loves you. Jesus is not asking you to move mountains friends, He's simply asking you to be present where He placed you and to TRUST Him.

This Rest Jesus offers -
It’s not escape. It’s surrender.
It’s not laziness. It’s trust.
Jesus isn’t saying, “Come to me once you’ve figured it all out.”
He’s saying, “Come to me with your burnout, your control issues, your clenched fists.”
Let go of what you were never meant to carry.
Receive the rest only Christ can give.
Stillness isn’t weakness. It’s what happens when we finally believe we’re held. So, won't you "Take a Rest?"

05/24/2026

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5/24 - Jesus asks; 'How's your hearing?' today from Luke 8.
"A Seed is made for soil and soil for seed, so the heart is made for God's truth, and God's truth for the heart." (Richard Glover)

Keys to producing Spiritual Fruit in your life.

05/24/2026

Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshiping what's right with God.

Are you with me church?

05/23/2026

Freedom By A.B Simpson
"The word "Gospel," of course, means the glad tidings of salvation, through the finished work of Jesus Christ. It is, indeed, "glad tidings." It tells rebellious men that God is reconciled, that justice is satisfied, that sin has been atoned for, that the judgment of the guilty may be revoked, the condemnation of the sinner cancelled, the curse of the law blotted out, the gates of hell closed, the portals of heaven opened wide, the power of sin subdued, the guilty conscience healed, the broken heart comforted, the sorrow and misery of the Fall undone."

Thanking God for the Freedom of our Country! And the Freedom in our Christ. Have a blessed Memorial Day Weekend.

05/20/2026

"Sacred Scars"(Zechariah 13:6)
"I received the wounds in the house of my friends"
Scars, we all bare them, some of them are the visible scars of the flesh and others are the invisible scars of the heart. Every scar you bare tells a story and bears a testimony. Jesus also bares scars. Scars of our sin. Scars of our shame. Scars of our sorrow. Let's think for a moment about these 'Sacred Scars' that Jesus bares to this day. What is the story they tell? And how do they relate to our scars?

SACRED SCARS - (SUFFERING GOD) Scars show us that Jesus suffered. Pain is inevitable in this world and no one is exempt not even the Son of God. Often we ask - 'why do we suffer?' when maybe we should be asking 'why did God suffer?' (love) These Sacred Scars speak to us about a Sacred Love so deep that it is incomprehensible. Love so amazing so divine! God chose to suffer for those He came to save! God has suffered and God does Suffer when we give our love to another! Behold these Sacred Scars!

SACRED SCARS - (SYMPATHIZING GOD) As we examine the wounds still visible we see that Jesus knows our every pain, feels our every sorrow, and sees our every scar. These Sacred Scars show us that the pain of man has become the pain of God. (He bore our griefs.) This brings up the question why would God allow us to be wounded so deep that we have scars? Now, no one like pain. In fact we arrange our lives in every way to be pain free, we even have pain management. But hear me out, pain is a gift from God and an act of love. (See Gen.3:17-18) It was cursed for "OUR SAKE:" Think if you lived in a painless world? No reaction to a hot stove, no pain when you injure a muscle. No pain- no Gain becomes a reality at this point.
In fact a medical Dr. who studied leprosy in depth said this about pain, "If I have the right and power to eliminate pain, I would not use that right or exercise that power." He said; "Pain is too valuable." What have you learned in the proverbial house of pain? I bet it was valuable! Pain is the proof of God's love! It Protects us, it Unifies us, and it Corrects us. Oh the Sacred Scars of God!

SACRED SCARS - (SOVEREIGN GOD) At the end of the Bible Rev.13:8 John sees the Lamb slain before the foundations of the world. The scars show us God has suffered and sympathized with us but that he has also overcome! He has conquered death he has sealed up sin, and he has slayed Satan, and He can overcome whatever you face today! See the Sacred Scars and be reminded of your victory! (1 John 5:5) Rev 12:11 We overcome by the blood of the lamb (Sacred Scars) and the word of our testimony (Our Scars) Today, be like Thomas as you put your finger by faith into the Sacred Scars of Christ.
What Scars do you bare? Let them be a reminder to you of God's Loving heart, His Seeing eye, and His Reigning hand.

Crown him the Lord of love!
Behold his hands and side —
Rich wounds, yet visible above,
In beauty glorified.