Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Salvation

Don’t Answer the Door

GENESIS 4:7b – Sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it. “     THEME OF THE DAY:  DON’T ANSWER THE DOOR.  It will always come with a persistent knock on the door of our hearts.  It will even raise its voice saying, “Please let me in.  I have some really good…

The Life-Changing Power of the Gospel

COLOSSIANS 1:3-8 – We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the…

Lived Before There Was a Romans 8:28

GENESIS 50:15-20 – When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us and pay us back for all the evil that we did to him.” So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father gave this command before he died: ‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and…

Don’t Settle for the False and Fleeting

PSALM 16:11 – You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  DON’T SETTLE FOR THE FALSE AND FLEETING.  What would be a good summary statement of today’s scripture? As we ponder this, focus on the words “fullness of joy” and “pleasures…