Faithful unto Death
2 Timothy 2:11-13 (NASB) 11 It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him;12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him;If we [a]deny Him, He also will deny us;13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself
Life Under The Sun-Eccl 12:13-14
•Seeing things from a purely worldly perspective is easy. •The devil doesn’t have to work hard for this. •A tinge of envy. •A hint of disrespect. •Small doses of ‘I’m hard done by.’ Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 (NASB) 13 The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. 14 For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil
How to Fail Safe Your Prayer Life-Part 2
•It is crucial to put things in place to make sure your prayer-life does what it is supposed to do—To Failsafe it! • •A daily job. •Distractions abound. •Daily routines change. •People and Things come and go. •The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Colossians 4:3 (NASB) 3 praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned;
How to Fail Safe Your Prayer Life-Part 1
•This is not a case of automatically going into a spiritual “Limp Mode.” •This is stacking the odds against failure. •Fool proofing your prayer life •Going on in spite of failure and accident Matthew 6:6 (NASB) 6 But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.
Love Is The Pathway to Holiness
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 (NASB) 11 Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you; 12 and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; 13 so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the [a]coming of our Lord Jesus with all His [b]saints.
Times of Refreshing
Faith, like trees need water to live and thrive. Jesus gives us Living Water. Jesus is our Life. It is only from him that comes “Times of Refreshing.” Acts 3:19 (NASB) 19 Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
2020 Questions
Always a good time to pause and think •About the direction of your life in the Kingdom of Christ. •It’s too easy to bump along. •Time to take time. •Where are you going? •Where should you be going? Haggai 1:5 (NASB) 5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “[a]Consider your ways!
The More Blessed Way
Does it belong in the of the worship of the saints? NO! 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 (NASB) Great Generosity 8 Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, 2 that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality.
The Prize
Philippians 3:14 (NASB) 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus
The Church the Temple of God
•The church not an external entity with its various groups, buildings and services. •It is people of like mind—the Mind of Christ. •Never to be spoken of by Christians as: “Them,” or “They,” or “Those…” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NASB) 16 Do you not know that you are a [a]temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If any man destroys the [b]temple of God, God will destroy him, for the [c]temple of God is holy, and [d]that is what you are.