Helping the Whole World Find and Follow Jesus
“Dear brothers and sisters, honor those who are your leaders in the Lord’s work. They work hard among you and give you spiritual guidance. Show them great respect and wholehearted love because of their work. And live peacefully with each other.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 In Sunday’s message, I talked about third base, our competency.…
“For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Galatians 5:14. How many times growing up did you hear adults tell you, “do as I say and not as I do?” This never made sense to me and it makes less sense when you read the Bible.…
“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,” – Colossians 3:12. How do you know if you have a good relationship with someone? Your initial reaction may be to evaluate based on the presence or absence of conflict. But a lack of disagreement is not the…
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2. From the beginning of the Church until the present, Christians have wrestled with a fundamental problem: how…
“Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” – Luke 6:38. In our last devotional we talked about our responsibility to respect and value people. When we see…