Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Love Your Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends…

God’s Good Design for Women

9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, 10 but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works. 11 Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over…

Together Time

1 CORINTHIANS 16:7 – “For I do not want to see you now just in passing. I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.” THEME OF THE DAY: TOGETHER TIME.  The Apostle Paul shared his heart with other believers which meant he shared his life.  A place to see this clearly is in his letters to the Thessalonians,…

Would We Want That To Happen

1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 – “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” THEME OF THE DAY: WOULD WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN?  Imagine this picture.  What if our churches were filled with the type of Christians we are? Serious thought, huh?  Then extend that to a broader application.  Imagine if every Christian living out their routines and callings in life and…

What A Privilege

JOHN 20:11-17 – But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have…