It’s Sunday again, already. It amazes me how time flies. Days go by in a blink. Weeks seem to take no longer than a deep breath. I know that it’s a function of age, the old I get the quicker time moves. It must be […]
Month: February 2011
Wheat and Tares – Devotional for Saturday, February 12, 2011
Matthew 13:24-30 (New King James Version) The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares 24 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field; 25 but while men slept, his enemy came […]
Raise Up A Child – Devotional for Friday, February 11, 2011
We’ve been told that it “takes a village” to raise a child. I don’t think that’s right. I believe it takes a family. Over many years we have moved the responsibility for the spiritual training of children from the family to the church and […]
Salvation and Lordship – Devotional for Thursday, February 10, 2011
Salvation and Lordship Colossians 2:6-10 (New King James Version) 6 As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. 8 […]
Anxious for Nothing – Devotional for Wednesday, February 9, 2010
Philippians 4:6-7 (New King James Version) 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ […]
Anchored? Devotional for Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Hebrews 6: 18-20We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. It’s an unbreakable spiritual lifeline (an anchor), reaching past all appearances right to the very presence of God […]
Know-so Salvation – Devotional for Monday, February 7, 2011
Blessed Assurance. “To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the beloved.” Ephesians1:6 Do you have a “know-so” salvation? What I mean is, do you know that you are saved and have the assurance that if you […]
Authentic Fellowship – Devotional for Sunday, February 6, 2011
Our subject for Sunday night’s Being the Church session is Authentic Fellowship. Church fellowship is a step above what is available in the world. How is the church called to be different from the local social club? Christian community often is confused with mere cordiality, […]