February 7-13, 2021 – Joseph Castillo I remember being in school when Valentine’s Day would come around. Especially when I was in 5th and 6th grade. Do you remember the little heart-shaped tart candies? They came in many different colors: red, light green, pink, orange, and yellow. They had little sayings printed on them. Some …
January 24-30, 2021 – Joseph Castillo How many of you are enjoying the rain we are having? I am. I hear at my work that some “love” this weather and they “love” the rain. I don’t know if I can say I love the rain but I love how the mountains look after the rain …
October 18-24, 2020 – Joseph Castillo What is the greatest talent or gift that God can give us? The last two Sabbaths we have gone over the “Parable of the Talents” (Matt 25:14-30). We have studied the differences between the fruits of the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit. As believers, when we give …
September 6-12 – Joseph Castillo I remember vividly when I was 16. I was going to Dinuba Junior Academy but it only went up to 10th grade. So my sophomore year I participated in “Academy Day” at Fresno Adventist Academy (FAA). They had invited all those who were thinking about going to FAA the next …
August 23-29, 2020 – Joseph Castillo Frustration can come in so many different ways. I’m frustrated with Covid-19. I’m frustrated that I have to wear a face mask everywhere I go. I got frustrated when my face mask broke a string in public and I could not wear it anymore. It kept falling off. People …
August 9-15, 2020 – Joseph Castillo Have you ever been tired? I have. There is this story in John that gives me encouragement. It says, “and Jesus, tired as He was from the journey, sat down by the well (John 4:6).” The story tells us that Jesus was hungry and tired. Somehow, that brings comfort …
August 2-8, 2020 – Joseph Castillo It is said that Albert Einstein came up with the equation E=mc2. He made it public in a paper he submitted in 1905 to the science world. This equation is so simple but holds so much power in it. It led to the atomic bomb that helped end World …
July 26-August 1, 2020 – Joseph Castillo I remember when I was about 10 years old. I lived in the country and my cousin was visiting while he was on vacation. Behind my house was a field of grapevines. They had just finished soaking the fields the week before. There were some spots that were …
July 19-25, 2020 – Joseph Castillo Have you ever wondered about what God has in store for you in the future? We’re going to talk about two different kinds of prophecies today. One is conditional prophecy and the other is non-conditional prophecy. Non-conditional prophecies are those that we think about in Daniel and Revelation. They …
July 12-18, 2020 – Joseph Castillo In Isaiah 46:9-10 God gives us one of His reasons for prophecy. In verse 9 He states that He is God “and there is no other”. I love that statement. I think about this verse frequently. It’s almost like He is bragging but it isn’t bragging. He is just …