Christian character is the characteristics of a Christian striving to follow Christ’s example.
It promises pleasure but only delivers pain. It promises fulfillment but only creates emptiness. It promises contentment but only leads to discontent. It promises happiness but brings sorrow. It promises satisfaction but produces regret.
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…
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…
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…
MATTHEW 6:25-34 – “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet…
MATTHEW 9:1-13 – And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”…