We encourage you, brothers and sisters, to instruct those who are not living right, cheer up those who are discouraged, help the weak, and be patient with everyone. Make sure that no one ever pays back one wrong with another wrong. Instead, always try to do what is good for each other and everyone else. … Continue reading Idle Worshippers
Month: March 2022
Count It All Joy
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2โญ-โฌ4 ESV The trials of this life are nothing compared to the incomparable … Continue reading Count It All Joy
Pray For Wisdom
If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him. James 1:5 AMP If you want to make good decisions, you're going to need wisdom. Wisdom … Continue reading Pray For Wisdom
Patient Endurance
Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do Godโs will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. Hebrews 10:36 NLT Don't give up. Don't give in. Don't let sin reign in your mortal bodies. Jesus Christ has delivered the victory to us and we inherit the righteousness … Continue reading Patient Endurance
Walking In Love
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 NASB2020 God's children walk according to the Spirit. Those who are led by the Spirit are God's children. Those who walk according to the flesh are the devil's children. … Continue reading Walking In Love
Those Who Believe
And then he told them, โGo into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone. Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who refuses to believe will be condemned. These miraculous signs will accompany those who believe: They will cast out demons in my name, and they will speak … Continue reading Those Who Believe
Take Heed
Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able … Continue reading Take Heed
The Obedient Won
But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, โGod is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble … Continue reading The Obedient Won
The Father’s Heart
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Micah 6:8 ESV As an evangelist, I am a guardian of the Gospel. I protect and proclaim God's message to humanity. He has … Continue reading The Father’s Heart
With God vs For God
May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us or abandon us. 1 Kings 8:57 NLT Religion or relationship? You can have a relationship with God. You practice a religion for God. The only religion that is worthwhile in God's eyes is being with people … Continue reading With God vs For God
Aligning Your Heart With God
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Deuteronomy 6:5 NASB2020 You shall love the Lord your God with all your spirit and with all your soul and with all your body. Heart, soul, strength. Spirit, soul, body. We understand that … Continue reading Aligning Your Heart With God
Paradigm Shift
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.Ephesians 4:11โญ-โฌ12 ESV If we're ever going to reach the unreached people in our local communities, we're going to have to quit hiding in our holy huddles … Continue reading Paradigm Shift
Fill In The Blank
Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. For the one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people, but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries. But the one who prophesies speaks to people for edification, exhortation, and consolation. 1 Corinthians … Continue reading Fill In The Blank
Welcome To The Kingdom
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesusโ sake. For God, who said, โLet light shine out of darkness,โ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians … Continue reading Welcome To The Kingdom
Hope Endures
We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly in our prayers, because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 1:2โญ-โฌ3 NET Faith without works is dead. Real faith … Continue reading Hope Endures
Accelerate Exponential Disciplemaking
The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful people who will be able to teach others also. 2 Timothy 2:2 NASB2020 Pass it on. Whatever the Lord is teaching you, share it with others who have a heart for it and encourage them to teach … Continue reading Accelerate Exponential Disciplemaking
Fellowship With God
Jesus answered and said to him, โIf anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the … Continue reading Fellowship With God
Following Jesus
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, โThe scribes and the Pharisees sit on Mosesโ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on peopleโs shoulders, but … Continue reading Following Jesus
Pray For All People
I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and pleases … Continue reading Pray For All People
Take The Form of A Servant
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, rose from supper. He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the … Continue reading Take The Form of A Servant
Confession of Belief
But what does it say? โThe word is near you, in your mouth and in your heartโ (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with … Continue reading Confession of Belief