Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Ephesians

The Recipe For Healthy Relationships

EPHESIANS 4:1-3 – “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE RECIPE FOR HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS.…

The Mind In The Christian Life

EPHESIANS 4:17-24 – “Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.  They have become callous and have given themselves…

The Place Of Prayer In Bible-Reading And Church

EPHESIANS 6:18 – “Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer. . .” THEME OF THE DAY: THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN BIBLE-READING AND CHURCH. If we sat down for a time of close spiritual fellowship, sharing our lives in Christ, and I asked, “What area in our walks with the Lord is most important?” And before you answered, I…

God Is For Us

PSALM 56:9 – “Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.” THEME OF THE DAY: GOD IS FOR US. This is just too precious and soul-warming not to share. It comes from a pretty beat-up and yellow-paged book I own titled The Believer’s Daily Remembrance by the Reverend James Smith.…

Testing God

MATTHEW 4:5-7 – “Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a…

The Apostle Paul: A Man in Christ Knowing God – Part 14

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted…