May We – May I – May You Choose Jesus
“And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” (Mark 8:34, ESV) Whether we recognize it or not – we are all making choices every day – we do not have so many […]
We Choose and We Continue In Our Choice
“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” (Hebrews 12:2, NIV84) Life is a daily choice between the Lord Jesus Christ and the world […]
Who Will You Choose Today? God or The World?
Joshua said choose today who you will serve and then he declared that he chooses to follow the Lord, to serve the Lord, to live for the Lord. (Joshua 24:15) This decision is not one you can defer. A failure to choose to follow Jesus is a choice not to follow Jesus. There is no […]
Who Will You Offend Today? God or The World?
This is an unavoidable daily reality for every one of us – we will either please God or please the world – here is how God says it: “You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes […]
EMANCIPATION PRAYER
“So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36, ESV) Lord, help me in my weakness to see the areas where I am enslaved by my old person – by the ruler of this dark world and may I no longer submit to slavery but to the freedom that is […]
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
God Gives Ultimate Emancipation Proclamation Galatians 5:1(ESV) 1For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. We are born in slavery to sin. We remain enslaved to sin unless / until we are emancipated by the Lord Jesus Christ. On the cross at Calvary […]
How might I / you live in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ?
“Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,” (Philippians 1:27, ESV) First, our true […]
What is the greatest event in all of time and history?
“Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,” (Philippians 1:27, ESV) The Gospel […]
JESUS GOES BEFORE US – IN ALL THINGS WE EXPERIENCE
“And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.” (Luke 19:28, ESV) When you wake and walk into this new day, Jesus went before you If it is your lot to suffer in some way today, know that Jesus has gone before you in suffering also. He went up […]
JESUS GOES BEFORE US
“And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.” (Luke 19:28, ESV) We will soon come to the end of one year and the beginning of another. Of course, God is outside time because he created time (space, matter, energy, all things). For most of us the ending of […]