Perhaps the most fruitful servant of the Lord in the New Testament was Paul the Apostle. Perhaps the most afflicted, pressured, troubled man in the New Testament was Paul the Apostle. Perhaps the most useful servant of the Lord in the New...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
What does God the Father want from each of us believers this morning? Lifelong growth in abiding fruitfully in Jesus. When your body stops growing—your abiding fruitfully should not. When your financial worth stops growing-- your abiding...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Most of us long to have something from our earthly existence -- that will endure.Life is so fragile, time is so fleeting, and things are so temporal.What are you involved with that is bigger than you? What are you doing that will last forever?...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There in one word that determines everything about your future – control.Who is going to control your life – you or God?Who is going to take up your time – you or the Lord?What is going to dominate the attention of your mind...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Jesus compared Himself to a grape vine, us to branches growing out of that vine – and God our Father as a Gardener walking up and down the rows of branches growing out of Christ our Vine.God wants us to abide fruitfully in Jesus. How far...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Because Jesus Christ is our righteousness, and His grace has brought righteousness to us, which we receive by faith, we are those declared righteous. And God's Word instructs us from cover to cover that we will grow only in the clean soil of...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We are looking at one of the foundational truths of our salvation. True Christians are those who have received God's Word.But so few have received God's Word, right? Have you been reading the news this week? Another school shooting in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Are you thankful?Most of us are thankful for the good things (as we measure them). Think of all many of us have to be thankful for today--like a safe and comfortable home, a secure and providing job, an insured savings account and an assured...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In the justice of the Roman Empire, murderers were often subjected to the result of their crime. This gruesome form of punishment was called staking where the murderer was tied to the one that they had killed. As their bodies were staked to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Open with me to Romans 12.1-2. We are looking at the fourth area of our lives that Jesus wants. We have seen in weeks past that Jesus wants to abide in our time; He wants to abide in our treasures; and that He wants to abide in our attitudes....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
