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Evaluating Spiritual Maturity

PHILIPPIANS 3:15 – Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. THEME OF THE DAY. EVALUATING SPIRITUAL MATURITY. Christian maturity is measured in a lot of ways. Multiple Biblical tests help us to evaluate ourselves to determine if we are growing in the grace and knowledge…

When Great Trials Come

JAMES 1:2-4 – Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. THEME OF THE DAY. WHEN GREAT TRIALS COME. We know them by personal experience. We know…

His Love Demands It

2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-11 – For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who…

Kill The Craving

NUMBERS 11:1-6 – And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. 2 Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.…

Simplicity In The Christian Life

PSALM 50:14-15 – Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. THEME OF THE DAY. SIMPLICITY IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. The Christian life is not complex. God did not make it difficult to understand. Our Lord is…

Out Of Necessity And Delight

EPHESIANS 3:14-19 – For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and…