PHILIPPIANS 3:8–12 – “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and…
Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. 3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return…
GALATIANS 6:9 – “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” THEME OF THE DAY: WHEN WE GET WEARY. It is a fact. If we are going to meet the criteria of being a disciple of Jesus, it will be costly – Jesus said to all, “If anyone…
HEBREWS 13:8 – “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” THEME OF THE DAY: OUR ANCHOR IN LIFE’S STORMS. We are fragile people. We easily break emotionally. We experience ever-changing feelings. We know what it is like to be moody, and often times our emotions change suddenly. One minute we are feeling happy and at peace, then a sudden…
PSALM 119:97 – “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.” THEME OF THE DAY: MEDITATING UPON GOD’S WORD. God gave us two great gifts. In fact, the greatest gifts that we may ever receive. The first is His Son, the Lord Jesus, and this act of giving is captured beautifully in the one verse that gives…