EPHESIANS 4:17-24 – Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
When it comes to being a Christian, it is all about the heart. From the very beginning, the time of our salvation, it is all about the heart. In fact, salvation is God giving us a new heart.
LUKE 22:32a – “But I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail.” THEME OF THE DAY: REMEMBER WHO IS PRAYING. It was mid-afternoon, but the thick clouds betrayed the clock. Surely evening had arrived. It looked like rain. It smelled like rain. It felt like rain. I had no doubt the heavens were about to open. I…
EXODUS 20:20 – Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of Him may be before you, that you may not sin.” THEME OF THE DAY. WHAT IS REALLY BEHIND OUR TRIALS, TEMPTATIONS, AND TESTS? An untested faith is a false faith. An untried faith is an unreliable faith and a…
HEBREWS 11:13-16 – These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers, pilgrims, and exiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which…
PSALM 150 – Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! 2 Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! 3 Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! 4 Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! 5 Praise him with sounding cymbals;…