MATTHEW 7:24-27 – “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. And everyone who hears these…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-8 – If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give…
PHILIPPIANS 3:7–10 – But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him,…
Today’s verse is arguably one of the key passages of scripture showing us a dual responsibility in the Christian life. We work. God works. The context is that of sanctification or spiritual growth.
The great missionary Hudson Taylor was interviewing potential candidates for the mission field. He asked each one, “What motivates you for wanting to serve the Lord in a faraway land?”
PHILIPPIANS 2:4-5, 19-21 – Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus. I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you. For I have no one…