And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. – Acts 2:47b One way our confession of Christ is shown is through actively belonging to a biblically healthy church. I use those words intentionally. There is a...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Lord bless you from Zion, and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. – Psalm 128:5 If we honor the Lord and have homes that bless the Lord, we will more likely have a blessed church family. Jerusalem was the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways. – Psalm 128:1 Someone said we have a weak nation because we have weak churches. Can you imagine what it would be like if our churches really got right? What would happen if...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them.” - Revelation 21:3 Just as there is a hell...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the boy and after that have no more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear; fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you fear Him!...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” – Luke 11:28 What an interesting phrase at the end of this verse, “those who hear the word of God and observe it.” Jesus is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters. – Luke 11:23 Receiving Christ is an inescapable decision you must make. As the Lord teaches during His earthly ministry, He continues to prove without any...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, “This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.” – Luke 11:29 Now Jesus never read our modern church growth...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation – having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise. – Ephesians 1:13 The last phrase of this verse says that we are...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. – II Corinthians 11:2 As a pastor, I can say that is exactly the way I feel about Grace Life Church....[ abbreviated | read entire ]