Christian character is the characteristics of a Christian striving to follow Christ’s example.
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,…
PROVERBS 12:18 – There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” THEME OF THE DAY: HARMFUL OR HELPFUL? We need to establish a couple of things before addressing today’s nugget theme. First, the Christian life is an “all in” or “all out” life. What this means is to follow the…
“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…
What is the most beautiful thing in the world? Selflessness. And the opposite of what creates the ugly sin of selfishness, pride, is what creates the beauty of selflessness – humility.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:15 – Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” THEME OF THE DAY: WATCH OUT FOR THE LITTLE FOXES. I am confident not one of us woke up this morning and said, “Today, I am going to go out and commit some horrific sin ruining my testimony…
JOHN 13:2-7 – During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied…