Month: January 2022

Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that His hour had come that He would depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. John 13:1 NASB2020 Ministry is not a business. It's a lifestyle of loving others like Jesus … Continue reading How He Loves →

But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified … Continue reading Continuous Improvement →

Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Proverbs 27:1 ESV 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. … Continue reading Tomorrow’s Keeper →

Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8 NASB2020 Have you been noticing strange and unusual things happening lately? Just yesterday, the fire alarm … Continue reading Focus On The Good →

“A Redeemer (Messiah) will come to Zion, and to those in Jacob (Israel) who turn from transgression (sin),” declares the Lord. Isaiah 59:20 AMP John the Baptist came preaching repentance to prepare the way for the Lord. Our God is Savior and Lord. Salvation comes from faith in Jesus Christ. Sanctification comes from trusting in … Continue reading Saving Faith →

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 16:11 ESV “For where two or three are gathered in My name [meeting together as My followers], I am there among them.” Matthew 18:20 AMP Faith filled followers of Jesus, … Continue reading Making Merry Missionaries →

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:6 ESV Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. … Continue reading Say Less →

Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32 NASB2020 Who we are matters much more than what we do. Our actions are discrete, our identities are eternal. Our sins can be forgiven, our personalities can be redeemed, our souls need nurturing and our … Continue reading The Call To Be →

The Lord redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned. Psalm 34:22 ESV There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin … Continue reading Redeemed By Grace →

This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the … Continue reading Repent & Confess & Be Healed →

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light] (for the fruit [the effect, the result] of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn [by experience] what is pleasing to the … Continue reading Darkness & Light →

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalm 20:7 ESV What's going to get you where you need to go? Do you ever ask yourself that? Think about it. Some people trust in cars and some in bicycles, some in trains and some … Continue reading Alive Again →

God wants me to love Him with everything that I am. So I asked myself this question: how can I show God love? The Bible gives us the answer.

It's time to grow up. It's time to go forward. Each of us must answer to Jesus on Judgment Day for what we did with the gifts we've been given. With great gifting comes great responsibility. The greatest among you will be a servant of all.

Love is what holds us together. Faith is what keeps us alive. Hope is what keeps us going in the right direction. God is the giver of all of these things, so let's praise Him and thank Him and serve Him with all of our lives.

One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Don’t be afraid. Continue speaking. Don’t be silent. I’m with you and no one who attacks you will harm you, for I have many people in this city.” So he stayed there for eighteen months, teaching God’s word among them. Acts of the Apostles 18:9‭-‬11 … Continue reading Silent Witness →

Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” Psalm 16:1‭-‬2 ESV Jesus is our Righteousness. Our righteousness is as filthy rags. What does that mean? It means stay humble. No matter how much good we think we … Continue reading No Good Apart From You →

When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion and pity for them, because they were dispirited and distressed, like sheep without a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is [indeed] plentiful, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His … Continue reading Our Winter Of Discontent →

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 ESV This is a season of fasting. Fasting prepares us for the baptism of fire, also known as tribulation and persecution. It is what propels us into fruitful, … Continue reading Prepare The Way →

And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. Acts 13:52 NASB2020 Religion is a curse on this world. By religion, I mean legalistic practices that are uninspired and devoid of the presence of God. It's a fine line discerning what is of God and what is of man and the … Continue reading Life In The Spirit →

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask for whatever you want and it will be done for you. John 15:7 CEB God answers the prayers of His disciples. I teach the people that God gives me to disciple that prayer is the first ministry skill to master. I like to … Continue reading Teach Us To Pray →

I pray they will be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. I pray that they also will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me. I’ve given them the glory that you gave me so that they can be one just as we … Continue reading The God Who Unites Us →

And the Lord answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.” Habakkuk 2:2‭-‬3 ESV Are … Continue reading Wait For The Fulfillment →