Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Judge Not

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to…

How Not To Lose The Heart For Prayer

Luke 18:1-8 – “And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a…

Dealing With Anger

Colossians 3:5–8 – “Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.”…

Which One Will We Leave Behind?

Hebrews 11:4 – “By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.”      THEME OF THE DAY: WHICH ONE WILL WE LEAVE BEHIND?  Recently, I was in a fellowship setting with two dear brothers.  In…

More Caught Than Taught

1 Timothy 4:12b – “Set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.”    THEME OF THE DAY: MORE CAUGHT THAN TAUGHT. Before we move into the theme of the day, I want to qualify something.  This will not be something that gets us off the hook when it comes to verbally teaching the truth of God,…

Seeing Jesus Face-To-Face

2 CORINTHIANS 4:6 – “For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”    THEME OF THE DAY: SEEING JESUS FACE-TO-FACE.  Let me start out today with a question – “What do you live for?”  For spiritually tuned-in…