“Whatever you do, WORK HEARTILY as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. “ Col 3:23-24 I have remembrance of playing “Follow the Leader” as a kid. Countless people make a livelihood writing books describing leadership. […]
“Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.” 1 Samuel 17:45 Later in life David recorded these words […]
Dr. Robert Jeffress’s book, “Jesus Revealed in the End Times,” is about prophecies related to Jesus. In his sermon, “the subject of prophecy,” he states that you can’t understand Jesus unless you understand prophecies of Jesus’s first coming and His SECOND COMING. Understanding end times prophecies should change the way we live. It should increase […]
“casting all your anxieties on him, because HE CARES FOR YOU.” 1 Pet 5:7 Anxiety obviously has been a ” thorn in the side” of people for the past 2,000 years. Over 60 million people in America suffer from severe anxiety attacks. Anxiety may be caused by multiple external influences. Peter offered us a remedy […]
My Brother-In Law, Dr. Joe Logan is a saintly man. He is wisdom personified. A year or so ago he said the following and I jotted it down: “Christ did not save us because we are worthy. We are worthy because Christ saved us.” Others have had similar thoughts though not quite so eloquent:: The […]
“He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.” John 1:7 John the Baptist came as a forerunner to Jesus proclaiming the deity of Christ, when he saw Jesus he exclaimed, “Behold, the Lamb […]
“that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” John 17:21 Jesus prayed for oneness and unity of the Spirit to give Jesus’ ministry power among potential converts. Unity […]
“For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.” Gal 5:17 Paul, the life coach of the New Testament, fought the battle of the “flesh vs. […]
“A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.” Luke 6:40 Paul tells us we are each a work in progress. “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of […]
A Christian is to exhibit integrity, yet I have found many Christians will lie to your face. The biblical word for integrity is faithfulness. What does this look like? Keep your commitments even after the circumstances that you made the commitments have changed. The closer we are to Jesus, the more integrity we will have. […]