PSALM 142:1-4 – “With my voice I cry out to the LORD; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD. I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him. When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. Look to the right…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians
1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 – “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” THEME OF THE DAY: WOULD WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN? Imagine this picture. What if our churches were filled with the type of Christians we are? Serious thought, huh? Then extend that to a broader application. Imagine if every Christian living out their routines and callings in life and…
1 THESSALONIANS 2:11-12 – For you know how, like a father with his children, we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.” What motivates us to live daily for the Lord Jesus? What are the things that tug on our…
1 THESSALONIANS 1:2-3 – 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.” We live in a complex world. Just think for a moment how complex life may easily become. Even…
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification:…
1 THESSALONIANS 2:1-8 – For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. For our appeal does not spring from error or…