Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Salvation

Living The Exposed Life

HEBREWS 4:11-13 – Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no…

Foundations For Worship

ISAIAH 12:5–6 – Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth. Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  FOUNDATIONS FOR WORSHIP.  The life of the Christian is to be the life of worship. …

Rescue The Perishing

MATTHEW 9:36-38 – When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  RESCUE THE…

Nevertheless, His Will Not Ours

LUKE 22:39-46 – And he came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. And when he came to the place, he said to them, “Pray that you may not enter into temptation.” And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing,…

It Is All About Jesus

  “JOHN 3:30 – He must increase, but I must decrease.”   THEME OF THE DAY:  IT IS ALL ABOUT JESUS.  Today’s scripture is short and easy to read, but profound and hard to live.  In fact, it is the most intense part of our spiritual battle; daily making much of Jesus and nothing of ourselves. This will be the most difficult…

Be A Source of Rejoicing in Heaven

LUKE 15:1-10 – Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country,…