Joy is critical to Christian living and Christian witness. It is a part of the cluster in the Fruit of the Spirit. It is also what distinguishes Christians from unsaved people.
Joy is critical to Christian living and Christian witness. It is a part of the cluster in the Fruit of the Spirit. It is also what distinguishes Christians from unsaved people.
LUKE 19:47-48 – And Jesus was teaching daily in the temple. The chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people were seeking to destroy Him, but they did not find anything they could do, for all the people were hanging on His words.” THEME OF THE DAY: HANGING ON HIS EVERY WORD. I guess the appropriate way to approach…
JEREMIAH 29:13 – You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. THEME OF THE DAY: THE WHOLE-HEARTED CHRISTIAN. When God makes a person a new creature in Christ, He gives them a new heart with the intent to create a people who seek and love Him from this new heart with their whole heart…
The giving of thanks is simply the right thing to do in relationship between the All-Giving Creator and the always dependent creature.
Let’s face it. The Christian life as defined by the Lord in His Word is a call to exhausting labor, tiresome service, sacrificial giving, fierce self-denial, and will flat out drain the obedient Christian to the demands of obedience Christ places upon us.
How encouraging is it when someone looks us in the face, sends a text or email, or drops us a good old fashion snail mail card saying, “I am praying for you”?