Why Pray? It is a question I ponder often. It is a good question for each us. Why do we pray? There are multiple reasons. Some have valid Biblical support. Some may not. In the simplest of reasons, we pray because God commands us to pray. There are other reasons. We want God to do something in our lives or situations; we need help beyond ourselves; and we ask Him to intervene in the lives of those we care about for things like salvation and healing. Yet, a true understanding of prayer goes beyond those reasons.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
1 John
Heaven. The Bible doesn’t give us a lot of detail about heaven, but what we know thrills the soul. In the Revelation, the Apostle John describes some of the characteristics of this promised land for believers (Revelation 21:1-4). Yes, heaven is going to be an incredible place, but I want us to think about heaven today, not in the direction of a place we are going, but to a Person we will see.
Pastor Jim challenges us to engage in the awe of the Christmas story. There’s a danger in the fact that it is such a familiar story to many of us.
1 John 4:7 – Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. THEME OF THE DAY: THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTIC IN A CHILD OF GOD. All Christians long for assurance they are true Christians and children of God. Rightly so for assurance is the privilege of every true child…
1 John 4:4 – Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. THEME OF THE DAY: WE ARE OVERCOMERS. We live in a dangerous world. It is filled with all kinds of evil, fears, and uncertainties which create tremendous anxieties and stress in the lives…
1 John 3:24 – Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. THEME OF THE DAY: RECOGNIZING THE HOLY SPIRIT’S WORK. God gives us many gifts in life. And when it comes to the Christian life, He has given us the…