Please don’t believe these lies about gathering as a church family for worship. Instead, hold fast to what the Word of God says.
2 Timothy 1:8-14 provides powerful instruction on how to remember your calling. There is great encouragement here for modern-day believers.
If Christians are free, what all does that mean?
What does it means to be compelled by the love of God and to no longer live for ourselves? Here are 6 things Christians are compelled to do.
This is not a secret formula; it’s written down for all to see! You can be free from worry today!
Does worship affect our relationships? Consider the story of Cain. It's about murder. It’s about family conflict and jealousy. It’s an illustration.
Whether this Christmas season is filled with moments you love, or if you feel as if it can’t go fast enough, the truth is what we see around us is fading. Our hope is not in anything found on earth. We must remind ourselves that what will last is what is found in Christ.
There is no greater gift, and we have no greater giver than the Lord Jesus Christ. Let’s pray that every day we will turn our hearts to the giver, acknowledging him and praising him with a heart of gratitude for everything he is.
Please don’t believe these lies about gathering as a church family for worship. Instead, hold fast to what the Word of God says.
2 Timothy 1:8-14 provides powerful instruction on how to remember your calling. There is great encouragement here for modern-day believers.
If Christians are free, what all does that mean?
What does it means to be compelled by the love of God and to no longer live for ourselves? Here are 6 things Christians are compelled to do.
We need to remember that the intersecting work of grace can transform our lives life today.
We so often want to define success on our terms, but the truth is that the agape love of God never fails. It never runs out. It never is proved false. And when you and I seek to live in that then we get to taste in part the perfection that awaits us in full when we are united to Christ in Glory.
The truth that Christ is coming again is a major theme of the New Testament. To lose sight of this truth is to be lulled to sleep spiritually! We’ve got to be people who understand the times and are mindful of Christ’s return. We must live each day in the light of His return, with urgency.
Because God is sovereign, we don’t have to fear him not being able to keep what he has promised! Him being on the throne is what provides the guarantee that you need. Since you are never in a place or situation that lives outside of his control, you are never in a place where what he has promised can’t reach you.
All other religions in the world are based on you making and keeping promises to the “gods” in hopes of earning love and acceptance. The one true God, however, because of his great love, has promised to save us based on his faithfulness.
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If we are to grow into the mature disciples, we need these four key elements.
If you look to your job, or your school, or your club, or your possessions to give you life and identity, you’re going to be severely disappointed because all these things make really crummy saviors! Nothing created can ever take the place of the creator.
Most people’s idea of judgment is since God is love, God will let me get by with my sin. God will let me slide. But that’s absolutely wrong and it’s the Holy Spirit that shows you it’s wrong.
Knowing what is in the Bible is certainly important, but its chief aim is not to inform you about God, but rather to introduce you to God, to reveal God. The gospel of John is a gospel tract.
Any time you and I come to worship, or Bible Study, having already made up our minds about what we believe, and therefore we fail to listen to God’s Word, we practice the Way of the Pharisees.
It doesn’t matter the details of your sin, if you are In Christ, then you’ve gone from death to life. And if you’ve not yet turned to Christ for salvation, then the details don’t matter, you can go from death to life!
What saves us is the finished work of Christ. My belief and trust in the sacrificial death and victorious resurrection of Jesus to cover ALL my sin. That’s the essence of saving faith. If Christ is not a part of your Christianity, then you’re not a Christian. Let this be a wake-up call to us. This ought to break our hearts.
This is a story about authority, healing and compassion. But mostly it’s a story that will illustrate for us the proper approach to Jesus.
When you study this chapter, it becomes abundantly clear that our relationship with God and with people is connected. It is impossible to love God and hate those made in His image.
What’s happening here is Jesus has just finished a miraculous moment and is traveling with His disciples. He takes this opportunity to ask them some questions. He begins generally by asking, “Who do the people say that I am?” Remarkably, so many different opinions were held by the people, but that remains true to this very day.
This is as plainly as I can present it: If Jesus is God, then you and I should devote our entire lives to Him! We should obey Him, we should submit to Him, we should worship Him, and we should exalt Him.
What appeared to be the greatest tragedy the world has ever known was in actuality the greatest victory the world had ever seen.
We ought to be a people and a place where prayer happens, where people’s lives are changed by the power of God, and where praise permeates all of our life.
The cross is the centerpiece of our faith for a reason. Because upon it, the crucified savior accomplished the promised redemption. At the cross, it was finished!
A good story has a way of illustrating truth in a way that makes it come alive. Stories stick with us because they are memorable and easily understood. Stories are important.
Have you resolved to be a person of prayer only to find it a struggle? Something as simple as talking and communing with God, yet I’ve yet to meet a person who says they pray too much.
If you’re going to prioritize hearing the Word of God there is some work for you to do, more than just showing up.
