ROMANS 8:31-34 – What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
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EZRA 7:10 – For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” Perhaps it is a stretch, but I believe one would be hard-pressed to find a better definition of discipleship than what is revealed in today’s scripture. As one reads of Ezra’s actions,…
GENESIS 5:24 – Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” Imagine a stranger takes a walk through a cemetery. This individual is reading the words on the various gravestones. By the way, take an unhurried stroll through a cemetery soon. Do so for a few reasons. First, a walk outside is good exercise. Next, as we…
REVELATION 2:1-5 – To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are…
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 – So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the…
PHILIPPIANS 3:10 – that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.” Did the theme of the day immediately cause you to pause and ponder what this one thing is? Well, let’s not just list or define it. We will define it through specific illustrations from God’s Word establishing…