Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Salvation

Prayer And The Christian Life

COLOSSIANS 4:2 – Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;” THEME OF THE DAY: PRAYER AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.  How would we define prayer?  Talking to God?  Asking God for things or for Him to do something?  One of the best definitions on prayer ever penned came from the author of The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan.  Read over it…

Fit For The Master’s Use

2 TIMOTHY 2:20-21 – Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver but also of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every…

Wear Our Crowns Before A Watching World

PSALM 103:1-4 – Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy.” THEME OF THE DAY: WEAR OUR…

When Things Are Hard, Don’t Act

  PSALM 37:3-7a – Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. Be…

Is He?

1 THESSALONIANS 4:9-11 – Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and…

A Tactic of Satan: Hindering Fellowship

1 THESSALONIANS 2:17-19 – But since we were torn away from you, brothers, for a short time, in person not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face, because we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, again and again—but Satan hindered us. For what is our hope or joy or crown of boasting…