Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Evaluating Spiritual Maturity

PHILIPPIANS 3:15 – Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. THEME OF THE DAY. EVALUATING SPIRITUAL MATURITY. Christian maturity is measured in a lot of ways. Multiple Biblical tests help us to evaluate ourselves to determine if we are growing in the grace and knowledge…

When Great Trials Come

JAMES 1:2-4 – Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. THEME OF THE DAY. WHEN GREAT TRIALS COME. We know them by personal experience. We know…

The People God Uses

MATTHEW 21:42-44 – Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: “ ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? 43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. 44 And…

His Love Demands It

2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-11 – 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. 9 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…

Out Of Necessity And Delight

EPHESIANS 3:14-19 – For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and…

Being The Church As God Designed

ROMANS 1:8-12 – First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world. For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I mention you always in my prayers, asking that somehow by God’s will I may now at last…