Mark 8:36. God’s definition of success is different than the world’s definition of success. It’s not wrong for a Christian to be successful, but it is wrong if that success comes at the cost of your relationship with God. Are you more concerned about...
1 Peter 1:21-22. Our faith gets tested to see whether or not it is real .
1 Peter 1:18-21. Jesus didn’t come so that you can continue living life the way you always have, the way you want. He came to save you from your sins. That comes with a price that gold and silver cannot buy. The shed blood of Jesus on the cross is...
1 Peter 1:13-16. God has called us to live a holy life, because He is holy. Unfortunately, many of us fall into the same sins over and over again. Peter gives us instruction on how to keep from falling into the same sins again and again.
1 Timothy 4:12-14. Church is important to our day to day lives. As Christians, church is not optional, it is required. Why? Because the right church will help you grow in your faith and walk with Jesus. The right church will feed your hunger for God’s...
1 Kings 19 selected verses. Elijah just had a spiritual lift. And the next moment he was running for his life. When God calls you to do something, you can believe and trust that God will see that it gets done. No matter how much the devil huffs, puffs...
1 Peter 4:10. God has given each of us a gift to use to bring glory to Him. Do you know what your gift or gifts are? Are you using them?
Nehemiah 8:13-18. They entered the second day of hearing and understanding the book of the Law of God. This time, though, they discovered a feast that they were to take part in each year, that they had not done in many, many years. Their disobedience...
Nehemiah 8:10. After asking Ezra to read the book of the Law, the returning captives wept at the words they heard. They wanted to get right with God because their disobedience lead to 70 years as captives in Babylon. Now, Nehemiah was teaching them...
Matthew 26:36-44. We studied this week on people who stopped too soon. Today, we look at the One who didn’t. That’s right, Jesus. Could He have stopped too soon and walked away? I believe He could have, but He did not. He finished His course. And He...
Acts 24:24-25. Felix was a man just like most of us. He heard the Gospel preached by Paul himself. But waited for a better time. He stopped short of receiving Jesus as his Lord and Savior. So many of us today do the same thing. We want to live our...
Genesis 25:29-34. Esau was a hungry man. So hungry, in fact, that his birthright had no value
Numbers 32:5-7, 15-22. Some of the tribes of Israel wanted their inheritance to be on the other side of the Jordan from the rest. They stopped just short of the blessing of God. How often do we stop just short because we want to stay in the place we...
Genesis 11:31, 12:1-4. How many times have we stopped just short of where God wants us to be? How any times do we continue to dwell in the place we stopped at instead of going on to the place where God wants us? Had Abram not followed God’s...
Luke 9:61-62. As much as I don’t want to say this, sometimes our families and friends become a barrier to our faith. They can also be a contributor to helping build a strong faith.
Luke 9:59-60. God has called each of us into a relationship with Him. The question is this, have you answered that call? Are you doing what God has called you to do, or are you telling Him “Tomorrow, Lord.” Whatever God has called you to do, do it...
Luke 9:57-58, 2 Corinthians 8:9-12. If you want to build a rock solid faith in Jesus, then you must understand what you are getting into. Living the Christian life is not for the faint of heart. It’s hard, it is troublesome. But, you always have your...
Psalm 12:8, 1 Kings 19:9, 18. No doubt about it, the wicked are all around us. So much so that, at times, we may feel all alone, isolated from other Christian’s. We may even feel that we are the only ones left. But we are not, God wants us to stand...
Psalm 12:6-7, Psalm 19:14. We see a big contrast between the words of men and the word of God. We need to make sure that our words are pleasing to God and just as pure as His words are. How is your speech today?
Psalm 12:5. Make no mistake about this one thing. God will stand and protect those who need protecting from their oppressors. You may be getting away with sin right now, but God will arise, and will step in. Here is an interesting stat that I shared...
Psalm 12:3-4, John 15:2, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. In these verses, we see the judgement of God on those who have fallen away from Him. The tongue boasts a great many things, none of which is true. Confess your sin and get back to things with God.
Psalm 12:1-2. David says the godly men have ceased and the faithful have failed. It seems that he is painting a picture of our world, our society today. We must commit to being the faithful, godly people we need to be, and we need to commit to praying...