This Week: September 27th, 2026
What do you value? Your relationships? Your possessions? Your health and appearance?
Scripture often warns us about pursuing the desires of our hearts while neglecting the things of God. Jesus cautioned, "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Matthew 6:21). John likewise warns us not to become consumed by "the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life" (1 John 2:16). Too often, we focus on our own happiness and desires instead of seeking God and loving others.
When God spared Lot and his family from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot fled the city, leaving his home and possessions behind. The angels commanded them not to look back, yet Lot’s wife did, and she became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:17, 26). Her backward glance was an act of disobedience, but it also suggests a heart still drawn toward what she had been commanded to leave behind. Jesus later gave the simple warning, "Remember Lot’s wife" (Luke 17:32).
Earlier, Lot had welcomed strangers into his home and offered them hospitality and protection. That act of hospitality connects closely with the opening words of Hebrews 13: "Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares" (Hebrews 13:1–2).
Hebrews reminds us that the Christian life is not to be centered on possessions, comfort, or ourselves, but on loving God and loving others. We love because God first loved us (1 John 4:19), and Christ calls us to demonstrate that love in the way we treat those around us.
So where does your heart lie today? What do you truly value? Do you value others above yourself, or have your own desires become more important than loving and serving them?
This Week's Worship Service
Scripture calls Christians to live out their faith through love, hospitality, compassion, sexual purity, and contentment, rather than being controlled by selfishness or the love of money. We can live this way with confidence because God has promised never to leave or forsake us, so we need not live in fear of what people or circumstances may do to us.
Hebrews 13:1-6
This Week's Church Sign Sermon
Inspirational wisdom can come from the simplest of things, so here we offer just a little Jesus as you drive by. We'd love to have you in for a visit.
Online Giving
Rockvale Cumberland Presbyterian Church is pleased to announce the opportunity for our church family and friends to tithe securely online. You can use your credit card, debit card or bank account to securely tithe a love offering or give to our church's ministries such as to our youth program or our building maintenance fund. You can also use the service's app on your Apple or Android device to give. If you chose to do so, you may also select the option to cover the fees the church is assessed for each transaction. Click the button below to make your offering and thank you.
Who We Are
Rockvale Cumberland Presbyterian Church has been a landmark in Rockvale Tennessee since 1889 at a simpler time when church was an integral part of the community. Church members were family that leaned on each other in times of struggle and celebrated together in times of joy. This spirit lives on in our diverse congregation bound together by a love for Christ and for one another. Our motto is simple, 'Whosoever will, is welcome - just as you are', in the manner as Christ said 'Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.' We hope to see you this Sunday morning.
