Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

John

How Do We Show Our Love To God?

ROMANS 6:1-2 – “What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it?” THEME OF THE DAY: HOW DO WE SHOW OUR LOVE TO GOD?   How would you answer the question identifying today’s nugget theme?  Better yet, how would Jesus answer the question? …

Life Will Not Go According To Our Plan

PHILIPPIANS 2:12-13 – “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” THEME OF THE DAY: LIFE WILL NOT GO ACCORDING TO…

The Weary Saint

GALATIANS 6:9 – “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE WEARY SAINT.   Even Jesus experienced fatigue.  John records this truth in the account of Jesus coming to the woman of Samaria . . . “Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had…

Strength For The Weary

ISAIAH 40:28-31 – “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men…

Yes, He Does And Will

2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-9 – “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…

Living In The Freedom Of Christ’s Forgiveness

JOHN 8:2-11 – “Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now…