“If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?” Jeremiah 12: 5 It is NO SURPRISE that we WILL have trouble in this world! This passage is very clear that on our own, we will be worn out, we will stumble, we willhave trouble competing and managing ourselves! We can not fight the…

Subject Sentence: To be a follower of God and look like our Father, we’re to make choices differently than those that do not know Him! I. Be followers of God – NOT doing improper things, BUT giving thanks. Things not appropriate are not only fornication and uncleanness (physical or moral impurity), but also covetousness, foolish talking, jesting (silly talking). Application ??: Do I KNOW and DO what is APPROPRIATE and GOOD and FITTING and PROPER? I need to be DIFFERENT…

Thanks for the amazing reminder from Kim! “But godliness with contentment is GREAT GAIN. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.” 1 Timothy 6: 6-7   Contentment! What a beautiful word! We all strive to be content, satisfied, and just at peace with what we already have or what we are going through!!!     These verses remind us “we brought nothing into this world and we can take nothing out of it.” Everything good we have is a gift from above!   Only Christ Himself can FILL the deep void we all have within us!…

Ephesians 4.17-32 (text below) Subject Sentence of this passage: Don’t walk as ones who don’t know Christ, in the uselessness and transience of their own understanding! Aim of this passage: (This passage would cause me to): Live up to what I know to do. Breakdown of points: I. (vv. 17-20) DO NOT walk in the uselessness of my mind, with obscured understanding, and alienated from the life of God through ignorance because of the callousness of my heart and thoughts….

Thanks to Kim for the awesome reminder from the Word of God! “He replied, ‘Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.’” Mark 7: 6 The above was one of the verses used at our church this past Sunday! What powerful words, “these people HONOR ME with their lips, but their HEARTS are FAR FROM ME!”How often do we Praise and…

Today I was thinking of 1 Samuel chapter 5, when the Philistines took the Ark of God and set it next to their god Dagon. The next morning, Dagon had fallen and parts had broken off. They set Dagon back up, and then the next time they checked Dagon had fallen once again and broken. They decided, since they didn’t want to lose their own idol, to get rid of the Ark of God… (see 1 Sam 5.7). It is…

Thank You for joining me today! Enjoy His Truth! “For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.” James 1: 11 What is important in this life? Beauty? Riches? Our jobs? Status? Our homes? Cars? Boats? As the above verses say, they are all going to wither, be destroyed and/or fade away! This…

Ephesians 4.1-16 (text at bottom) Subject sentence: Walk worthy of the calling: the effectual working of each part of the body – joined and working according to what each joint supplies – increases/enlarges the body, building in pure (agape) love! I. Guard ONENESS (absence of negative emotions with anyone; “joint tie”; bond) Walk worthy of the calling of God on your life: with humility, longsuffering, forebearing – DILIGENT to guard and hold fast to oneness Do I live with humility…

Thank You for joining me today! May His Word uplift and strengthen you for THIS day! “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” Matthew 6: 34 Let us take ONE DAY AT A TIME!!! Let us ENJOY the day our Lord has BLESSED us with!There is already ENOUGH in THIS day to handle…(that is an understatement-ha! ) …why are we worrying about tomorrow already?? Who knows, we…

“For this reason [seeing the greatness of this plan by which you are built together in Christ], I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, For Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named [that Father from Whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name]. May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy]…