1 THESSALONIANS 1:2-10 – “We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
1 Corinthians
1 CORINTHIANS 15:20-28 – “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. But each in his own order: Christ…
1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-8a – “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give…
1 CORINTHIANS 13:5 – “Love does not seek its own.” THEME OF THE DAY: ARE YOU A CHURCH GETTER OR GIVER? There is a tombstone in the courtyard of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. It reads, “Sacred to the memory of General Charles George Gordon, who at all times and everywhere gave his strength to the weak, his substance to the poor,…
1 CORINTHIANS 8:5-6 – “For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.” THEME OF THE DAY:…
1 SAMUEL 25:1 – “Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah.” THEME OF THE DAY: AND HE DIED. Today’s scripture starts out matter-of-factly – Now Samuel died. Nothing earth shattering. No surprise. The great man of God aged, and died just like every other human being with the exception…