Helping individuals walk with Christ
If your outgo exceeds your intake, your upkeep becomes your downfall. Does our outgo exceed our intake? Outgo is the time and energy spent in meeting the needs of others. This includes physical, spiritual, emotional and financial needs. It demands our time and our energy. It may be a ministry to individuals, small groups …
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Proverbs 9:10 Wisdom is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “the ability to judge soundly and deal sagaciously with facts especially as they relate to life, conduct, discernment and judgment.” These characteristics are sought after in each generation and in every culture. Those individuals …
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This Book will keep you away from sin, OR sin will keep you away from this Book. — Howard Hendricks Howard Hendricks related that early in his life, a Sunday School teacher had given him a Bible. Inside the front cover was written the following note. “This Book will keep you from sin, or sin …
We can lead Problem oriented lives, or we can lead Promise oriented lives. Jim Morris We are born with individual temperaments which vary from person to person. These are additionally influenced by the environment in which we live. Some people see the glass as half-full. Others see it as half-empty. We call these individuals optimists …
His master replied, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” Matthew 25:21 On two occasions our Lord spoke of the Master commending His servants. One of these is in the parable of the talents (Matthew 25) and the other is in Luke 19. (The parable of the minas). In both cases, it was …
Tell Archippus: See to it that you complete the work you have received in the Lord. Colossians 4:17 Archippus is referred to in the last sentences of Paul’s letter to the Colossians. He is also mentioned in Philemon 2, and referred to as a fellow soldier. Some think that he was the son of Philemon. …
The worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things. The above are referenced in a parable that our Lord taught by the Sea of Galilee. The reference is found in Mark 4:18. “Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, …
Do you truly love me more than these? John 21:15 The above question, posed by our Lord to Simon Peter, was one of the more significant questions to mankind and came at the end of His earthly ministry. The occasion was after the Lord had served seven of His disciples breakfast after an overnight fishing …
I think that I would rather use a clean peanut jar. Leroy Eims There had been a large meeting at the Eims’ household the previous evening. Many guests attended and the conversations lasted well into the night. It was past midnight when everyone left and they left the dirty dishes and glasses where they were …
Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will be joyful in God my Savior. …
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