Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Salvation

Signs of Spiritual Immaturity

  PROVERBS 18:2 – A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.”     THEME OF THE DAY: SIGNS OF SPIRITUAL IMMATURITY.   A good daily diet of the Old Testament book of Proverbs is a good habit to form.  There are thirty-one Proverbs so one could read the Proverb corresponding with the day of the month. …

God’s Timetable and the Short View of Life

1 PETER 5:10 – And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.”   THEME OF THE DAY: GOD’S TIMETABLE AND THE SHORT VIEW OF LIFE.  Today’s scripture begins the conclusion of the Apostle Peter’s first letter.  The overall theme…

Preaching the Gospel To Ourselves

1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-8 – Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died…

Submitting To God’s Providence

JOHN 15:1-2 – “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.”   THEME OF THE DAY: SUBMITTING TO GOD’S PROVIDENCE. Perhaps we should begin by defining “God’s providence.”  It certainly isn’t the…