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Overcoming Struggles in Prayer

COLOSSIANS 4:2-3 – Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison.” THEME OF THE DAY:  OVERCOMING STRUGGLES IN PRAYER.  Ask any Christian, “How important is prayer for…

The Fruits of the Gospel

COLOSSIANS 1:3–6 – We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, 5 because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the…

Our Chief Priority In Life

JOHN 3:30 – He (Christ) must increase, but I must decrease. “ It is a tall order but nevertheless the order. It is what defines the compass by which the Christian is to navigate through the difficulties of living in a sinful and distracting world.  It is the reason why we are saved.  And it is the highest privilege a human being…

The Breaking Word of Christ Our Rock

LUKE 20:17-18 – But he looked directly at them and said, “What then is this that is written: “ ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him.” As believers in Jesus Christ, we rejoice that He is our Rock. This…

Soon, Very Soon

REVELATION 21:1-4 – Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne…

Worship and Grief: A Compatible Couple

JOB 1:20-22-Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshipped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.”…