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A Life of Influence

PHILEMON 4–7 – I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for…

Our Proneness to Pride

JAMES 4:16 – But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil.” THEME OF THE DAY: OUR PRONENESS TO PRIDE.  Today’s scripture is a description of the sin not contained in the verse.  Arrogance, boasting, and evil are words associated with the mother of all sins – pride. And when it comes to pride?  It is like…

God Has The Final Word

GENESIS 11:1-9 – Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. 2 It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for…

Controlled by Christ’s Love

2 CORINTHIANS 5:14–15 – For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.” THEME OF THE DAY: CONTROLLED BY CHRIST’S LOVE. Today’s scripture…

Keep On Keeping On

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: KEEP ON KEEPING ON.  Want to be a faithful and fruitful servant of the Lord Jesus?  Be prepared to get tired.  Want to make a difference for Christ in our homes, churches, and…

The Ministry of Encouragement

HEBREWS 3:12-13 – Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” THEME OF THE DAY: THE MINISTRY OF ENCOURAGMENT.…