Jude 1 – Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ. THEME OF THE DAY: GOD’S GIFTS TO HIS SON. How do we understand and view salvation? Have we meditated long and deep on the glorious working of salvation by the whole of the Godhead;…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
John 13:12-17 – When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to…
John 13:1-7 – Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray…
2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore, If anyone be in Christ, they are a new creature; old things have passed away, all things have become new. THEME OF THE DAY: FAILURE DOES NOT DEFINE US. One of my favorite Puritan pastors is Thomas Goodwin. He was so full of Christ and his writings reveal such. He was a pastor/theologian which every pastor should…
Finishing with the dissection of the preface, Pastor Jim moves into the first of the petitions, “Hallowed be Your name”. He explains why we first petition God for God, rather then ourselves and talks about what it meas to “hallow” our Lord and his name.
1 John 4:7 – Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. THEME OF THE DAY: THE CHIEF CHARACTERISTIC IN A CHILD OF GOD. All Christians long for assurance they are true Christians and children of God. Rightly so for assurance is the privilege of every true child…