1 PETER 5:5 – “Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” THEME OF THE DAY: ARE WE DRESSED PROPERLY? It was cool this morning. A hint of the coming Fall was in the air. This was not…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
2 Corinthians
2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-11 – “For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises…
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…
1 PETER 1:17-20 – “And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of…
2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-11 – “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in…
2 CORINTHIANS 5:20 – “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.” THEME OF THE DAY: REPRESENTING OUR LORD JESUS. The story is told of Gordon Maxwell, missionary to India, that when he asked a Hindu scholar to teach him the language, the Hindu replied: “No Sahib,…