Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

Personal Walk

Loving As Jesus Loves

1 CORINTHIANS 13:13 – So now faith, hope and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. THEME OF THE DAY. LOVING AS JESUS LOVES. Every Christian is an ambassador and artist. We represent Christ in our worlds every day. We also paint a picture of the unseen Christ for all the world to see. The issue is not…

The Danger Of Putting Off

JAMES 4:13-14 -Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. THEME OF THE DAY. THE…

The Greatest Motivation For Obeying God

JOHN 14:21 – Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. THEME OF THE DAY. THE GREATEST MOTIVATOR FOR OBEYING GOD. Obeying God. In those two words is the summary of all things. Angels obey God;…

A Ministry For All

HEBREWS 10:24-25 – And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. THEME OF THE DAY. A MINISTRY FOR ALL. It is a ministry each of us can do. It…

Some Battles Are Lost

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23 – The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. THEME OF THE DAY. SOME BATTLES ARE LOST. We each know by painful personal experience defeat in the Christian life. The powerful forces of our remaining sin, a deceiving devil, and an alluring world sometimes…

Speaking Gracious Words

LUKE 4:22a – And all spoke well of him and marveled at the gracious words that were coming from his mouth. THEME OF THE DAY. SPEAKING GRACIOUS WORDS. Before we move into today’s nugget that is based on the type and quality of Jesus’ speech found in today’s scripture, we need to qualify something about the speech of a Christian. No Christian…