Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Luke

Two Ways To Read Our Bibles

Luke 19:47-48 – “And He was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy Him, but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on His words.”    THEME OF THE DAY: TWO WAYS TO READ OUR BIBLES.  Ever been so riveted…

How Not To Lose The Heart For Prayer

Luke 18:1-8 – “And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a…

The Ugliness Of Selfishness

Philippians 2:19-21 – “I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. For I have no one like him who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare, they all seek their own interests not those of Jesus Christ.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE UGLINESS OF SELFISHNESS. I want…

Prayer And The Christian Life

1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 – “Pray without ceasing” THEME OF THE DAY: PRAYER AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.  Prayer is the lifeblood of the Christian.  It is one of the most accurate measuring tools of spiritual maturity.  For the individual believer and church, prayer is the most important discipline we practice.   A prayerless Christian is a spiritually barren Christian.  A prayerless church is a…

A Garden View Of The World And Ourselves

ROMANS 3:10-12 – “As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”” THEME OF THE DAY: A GARDEN VIEW OF THE WORLD AND OURSELVES. The world is a hurting place full of hurting people. It is hurt…

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…