HEBREWS 11:13-16 – These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
LUKE 2:15-19 – When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they…
EPHESIANS 1:3-6 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through…
ROMANS 6:12-14 – Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since…
ROMANS 5:8 – but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us THEME OF THE DAY. NO GREATER MOTIVATOR. There are four words in today’s scripture which serve as the greatest motivator to live a life well-pleasing to the Lord. Yes, that is a bold statement. Any use of the words “always”, “never”,…
In our continuing series “When I am Afraid”, we come to the point of facing what is the greatest fear in the human experience – the fear of death. It is part of original sin in all humans that occurred in the Garden of Eden and continues to this day. This Lord’s Day, we want to look at the categories of death – physical, spiritual, and eternal with particular emphasis on spiritual death.