COLOSSIANS 4:2 – Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.” Every Christian will find themselves crying out to the Lord like the disciples – Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples” (Luke 11:1). The late D.M. Lloyd-Jones…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
2 TIMOTHY 4:7 – I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” It was a painful but powerful lesson I learned. We did not have a track team in my high school until my junior year. We also didn’t have a “real” track coach. Just a teacher who had time on his hands. So,…
MATTHEW 19:16-22 – And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You…
MATTHEW 18:21-22 – Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.” I think it is a huge problem in many relationships. Whether with families, among friends, even in…
33 “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34 But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or…
LUKE 9:28-33a – Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke…