1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 – So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. THEME OF THE DAY. WIRED TO LOVE AND BE LOVED. Love. It is a universal word; a universal longing in the human soul, and a word so misunderstood and misapplied when it is interpreted, defined, and then lived from a flawed human…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
GALATIANS 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. THEME OF THE DAY. YOU MUST BE ALL IN. Let’s begin this nugget with…
1 CORINTHIANS 3:17 – If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. THEME OF THE DAY. THE SERIOUSNESS OF HOLINESS. Allow me an abrupt introduction to today’s nugget. It comes in the form of two serious commands of God and then a series of three questions. First, the commands . .…
Philippians 1:9-11 – And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. A. The Life of…
We continue our journey through the Apostle Peter’s first letter landing on his second command given to the exiled Christians in Asia Minor – “Love one another earnestly.” Christians love other Christians. A mark of obeying Peter’s first command “Be holy as I am holy” is a growth in the practice of obeying his second – loving other Christians; a love that is an outflow of one’s personal experience of God’s love.
MATTHEW 6:7 – And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. THEME OF THE DAY. JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS. We all do it in some form or fashion. We might call it “just going through the motions.” It happens in marriages. It might begin…