Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

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It’s Not A Dash Or Sprint

2 TIMOTHY 4:7 – I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”  It was a painful but powerful lesson I learned.  We did not have a track team in my high school until my junior year.  We also didn’t have a “real” track coach. Just a teacher who had time on his hands.  So,…

Jesus Always Goes to the Heart

MATTHEW 19:16-22 – And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “You…

Forgiving Like Christ

MATTHEW 18:21-22 – Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.”    I think it is a huge problem in many relationships. Whether with families, among friends, even in…

The Blessings of Prayer Fellowship

LUKE 9:28-33a – Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke…

Digging Deep In God’s Word

2 CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”   Biblical meditation.  It is a…

It’s Supposed to be Hard

ACTS 14:19–22 – But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. When they had preached the gospel…