Lifeway
Undying loyalty
Undying loyalty Read Ahead: Job 13:13-16 Even if He kills me, I will hope in Him. Job 13:15, HCSB How deep does your loyalty to God go? Is there a pretty clear line in the sand that you won’t go beyond? Would you stay faithful to him no matter what happened to you or what he asked … Continue reading
Worship is central
Worship is central I will keep watch for You, my strength, because God is my stronghold. My faithful God will come to meet me. Psalm 59:9-10, HCSB If we are to go deeper with God, then we must understand both the importance and meaning of worship. Dr. Dick Averby, professor of the Old Testament at … Continue reading
Not So Fast
Not So Fast Read Ahead: Proverbs 20:5-7 Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water; but a man of understanding draws it up. Proverbs 20:5, HCSB Discernment is the ability to see past the surface of things. Those who are discerning have sharp insight that allows them to see through people who are trying to deceive or … Continue reading
We Can’t Stop Telling!
Read the Bible in a Year- Exodus 38:1-39:31,Psalm 22:27-31,Proverbs 5:18-20,Matthew 27:45-66 Read the Bible online now We Can’t Stop Telling! For we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard. Acts 4:20, HCSB For many years my family and I served as missionaries in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population … Continue reading
The Ultimate Sacrifice
The Ultimate Sacrifice For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16, HCSB On a trip to South Asia I visited an area where the gospel was spreading rapidly. People would come … Continue reading
What God Wants from Us
What God Wants from Us And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you except to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, and to worship the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul? Deuteronomy 10:12, HCSB My family rented a farm when … Continue reading
Ulterior Motives
Ulterior Motives You don’t know what you’re asking. – Matthew 20:22, HCSB There are many people in the Scriptures who appear to be spiritually minded but whose hearts harbor deeply unspiritual motives. Take the mother of the sons of Zebedee, for example, who according to Matthew 27:55 was one of the women who followed Jesus fromGalilee in … Continue reading
Ready to Repent
Ready to Repent Selections From Psalms 32:1-5 & 51:7-17 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat. Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not conceal … Continue reading
Prompt Action
Prompt Action So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the message about Christ. Romans 10:17, HCSB In Ephesians 6:16, Paul refers to “the shield of faith.” Prayerfully, we must ask ourselves this question: How does faith act as a protective shield? First of all, we must understand what faith … Continue reading
Tyranny of the Oughts
Tyranny of the Oughts Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1, HCSB The breastplate of righteousness protects us from the feeling that we are not good enough to be saved. We now look at a feeling which Satan delights to whip up in the … Continue reading
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