You know, people often pray, “God, use me.” Well, he is using you, the Bible makes that abundantly clear. When you became a Christian, you became an example. God IS using you. You get to really know God by really getting into what God...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There is a good reason, a God reason that you feel a longing in your heart, a longing that nothing you do seems to satisfy. At least not for long. Maybe you have the resources to be like Solomon, and you can just go from thing to thing to thing....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Too much teaching today is focused on how to escape suffering. It leaves people unprepared to persevere. And that leads people away from God. I am not a good shepherd of the Great Shepherd if I do not prepare people to persevere. The perseverance...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Have you ever wondered why a bride’s dress has a long train? Well, the tradition started being used in weddings in medieval times. But that practice harkens back to 700 years before Jesus, to a vision that Isaiah had. A vision of Jesus in...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
2 Corinthians 4:7 says – But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are jars of clay. That means we are vulnerable, and easily broken. But inside our vulnerable, broken...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
You are an example to others. Everyone is a role model of some sort, whether they want to be or not. People are watching and learning from your example. Even if you’re absent. Think about that. Children learn by watching adults. And by...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In Luke 6:46, Jesus said – Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? He is talking about hypocrisy. He is talking about character. Character can be described as someone’s personality, the way you act,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In the book of Revelation, chapters 2-3, Jesus is speaking specific words to each of seven different churches. The content of each letter is different. But there is one common thread that ends each letter. At the end of each letter, Jesus says...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Romans 5:1-2 says – Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
In 1 Thessalonians 1:9, the Apostle Paul says that the Thessalonians turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. This is Paul talking about their repentance. There was a change in their lives, caused by a change in their hearts,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
