Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Cut Some Windows

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. For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  CUT SOME WINDOWS.  A…

The Christian’s Crisis Moments

JOHN 21:15–19 – When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him,…

When the World is in the Church

  1 TIMOTHY 3:15 – If I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  WHEN THE WORLD IS IN THE CHURCH.  If we were to sit down for a conversation and I asked, “What do…

Live Always Ready

1 JOHN 2:28 – And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  LIVE ALWAYS READY.   The Christian life is to be lived daily in the now, not yet. In the now, that means striving for a Christ-centered life motivated,…

The Greatest Motivator for Obeying the Lord

1 JOHN 2:4-6 – Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way…