ISAIAH 48:10-11 – Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried you in the furnace of affliction. For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another. THEME OF THE DAY. WHEN GOD TURNS UP THE HEAT IN OUR LIVES. If we…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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MATTHEW 14:22-27 – Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was a long way from the land,…
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…
1 JOHN 3:16-18 – By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word…
1 JOHN 2:12 – I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake THEME OF THE DAY. SELFISHNESS AND ITS MANIFESTATIONS. It is the result of the fall in the garden of Eden. Outside of being in Christ and a new creature, we are controlled by this sinful tendency and incapable of breaking its grip…
JOHN 7:37–38 – On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’ ” THEME OF THE DAY. OUR SATISFACTION IN CHRIST. Let me encourage us to…