PROVERBS 12:18 – There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” THEME OF THE DAY: HARMFUL OR HELPFUL? We need to establish a couple of things before addressing today’s nugget theme. First, the Christian life is an “all in” or “all out” life. What this means is to follow the…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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Proverbs 1:2-7 – To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth —
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, to understand a proverb and a saying, the words of the wise and their riddles.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
“JOHN 3:30 – He must increase, but I must decrease.” THEME OF THE DAY: IT IS ALL ABOUT JESUS. Today’s scripture is short and easy to read, but profound and hard to live. In fact, it is the most intense part of our spiritual battle; daily making much of Jesus and nothing of ourselves. This will be the most difficult…
What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Selflessness. And the opposite of what creates the ugly sin of selfishness, pride, is what creates the beauty of selflessness – humility.
When it comes to living the Christian life and serving the Lord in the noble work of the Gospel, there are multiple spiritual foes we face, who like Nehemiah’s enemies, want to distract us.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15 – Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” THEME OF THE DAY: WATCH OUT FOR THE LITTLE FOXES. I am confident not one of us woke up this morning and said, “Today, I am going to go out and commit some horrific sin ruining my testimony…
JOHN 13:2-7 – During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied…