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: WHEN WE GET WEARY. It is a fact. If we are going to meet the criteria of being a disciple of Jesus, it will be costly – Jesus said to all, “If anyone…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Matthew
ECCLESIASTES 7:21–22 – “Do not take to heart all the things that people say, lest you hear your servant cursing you. Your heart knows that many times you yourself have cursed others.” THEME OF THE DAY: HANDLING CRITICISM AND CONFLICT. No Christian awakes in the morning, gets all excited and immediately says, “I am going to instigate some type of conflict with…
ACTS 2:42–47 – “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the…
REVELATION 2:1-7 – “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are…
1 KINGS 17:1-6 – “Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” And the word of the LORD came to him: “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith,…
PSALM 35:10–16 – “All my bones shall say, “O LORD, who is like you, delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him, the poor and needy from him who robs him?” Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know. They repay me evil for good; my soul is bereft. But I, when they…