APPLY WHAT YOU LEARN So prepare your minds for action and exercise self-control… Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. 15 But now you must be holy… 1 Peter 1:13-15 NLT. Let’s not be flaring flames that burn out, like people who practice…
CULTIVATE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS Cultivate healthy relationships for the times of sorrow. He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.” Mark 14:33-34 We all need trustworthy…
THERE IS NO OPTION ONE DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE AN INFORM. We are only administrations. One day our time of management will end and we will have to be accountable to the owner. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is…
DIRECT YOUR DARK QUESTIONS TO GOD, NOT TO MEN At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). Mark 15:33-34 NIV Darkness represents…
THE FOUR NEVERS OF LOVE “Love never stops bearing all things, love never stops believing in all things, love never stops hoping in all things, love never stops enduring all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 (Paraphrased) God never stops being patient with you. God never stops believing in you. God never stops hoping the best for…
NOT EVERYTHING BENEFITS ME You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12 NLT Am I allowed to do anything? Why, if God doesn’t prohibit it? Sometimes we argue and…
USE YOUR RESOURCES TO ENCOURAGE GOD’S FAMILY Four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. Seeing their faith,…
DON’T PUT OFF THE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR TOMORROW “In the time of my favor I heard you…” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthians 6:2 NIV Do not say, “One of these days I am going to get close to God”. When you say…
PURPOSE + DISCIPLINE = SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS “He who embraces too much, holds on to little”. Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but…
SERVICE IS THE CHRISTIAN’S MARK Part 2 23 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Colossians 3:23 (NLT) How and where can we serve? The Bible says that everything we do should be done whole heartedly for the Lord, and not for men. This means…