Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Old Testament

The Motivators to Submit to the Lord

PSALM 31:3-5-For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name’s sake you lead me and guide me; you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God.” Submission. It is the most important word in the Christian…

Privilege and Necessity of Togetherness

ECCLESIASTES 4:9-12-Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man…

Why Do We Go to Church?

PSALM 27:4-One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.” Stop and think of the various reasons we get upon a Sunday morning and go to a gathering…

The Lord Jesus: Our Everything

PSALM 18:1-2-I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.” Nine. Yes, nine .Check me out yourself. Count the number of times David personalizes his relationship with the Lord by the pronoun “my”. Wow!…

Don’t Go There

PROVERBS 26:4 – Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.” It is a place no Christian should go. It produces nothing of edifying value, but it can cause significant relational and spiritual damage to others and ourselves. And it is a place easy to visit. All it takes is to be in a situation that…