Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

The Place Of Prayer In Bible-Reading And Church

EPHESIANS 6:18 – “Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer. . .” THEME OF THE DAY: THE PLACE OF PRAYER IN BIBLE-READING AND CHURCH. If we sat down for a time of close spiritual fellowship, sharing our lives in Christ, and I asked, “What area in our walks with the Lord is most important?” And before you answered, I…

God Is For Us

PSALM 56:9 – “Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.” THEME OF THE DAY: GOD IS FOR US. This is just too precious and soul-warming not to share. It comes from a pretty beat-up and yellow-paged book I own titled The Believer’s Daily Remembrance by the Reverend James Smith.…

A Garden View Of The World And Ourselves

ROMANS 3:10-12 – “As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”” THEME OF THE DAY: A GARDEN VIEW OF THE WORLD AND OURSELVES. The world is a hurting place full of hurting people. It is hurt…

Testing God

MATTHEW 4:5-7 – “Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a…

The Apostle Paul: A Man in Christ Knowing God – Part 14

14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted…

The Daily Warfare In The Christian

MATTHEW 4:1-11 – “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall…