Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Would We Want That To Happen?

1 CORINTHIANS 11:1 – Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. THEME OF THE DAY: WOULD WE WANT THAT TO HAPPEN?  Imagine this picture.  What if our churches were filled with the type of Christians we are? Serious thought, huh?  Then extend that to a broader application.  Imagine if every Christian living out their routines and callings in life and…

Down But Not Out

PSALM 37:23-24 – The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand. THEME OF THE DAY: DOWN BUT NOT OUT.  Failure. It happens to us before we became Christians.  It happens to us after we become Christians with one distinction. …

Oh, How Quickly Or Suddenly

PSALM 39:4 – O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! THEME OF THE DAY: OH, HOW QUICKLY OR SUDDENLY.  He was a dear brother, friend, deacon in my church and a glowing example of a godly family member to his physical family and church family.  He was…

The Priorities of a Healthy Church

3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. 5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a…

When We Grow Weary

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 GROW WEARY.  Tired Christian. Weary saint. Exhausted believer.  Those words will define every child of God paying the cost to make a difference for Christ in their short time on earth.…