Bible Studies
Word For The Day: The Will of God In Your Entertainment
As we continue with our topic of how to be engaged in entertainment for God’s glory, I would like to share with you about the importance of the mind. That is, in order for us to be entertained in a way that honors God, we need to make sure that our mind is always engaged…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Beware of Boredom
Two weeks ago, I shared with you from the Scriptures about the topic of “God and entertainment” and I have received a lot of positive feedback about it. I wanted, therefore, to pick up the same theme and in the next few days and give it a more proactive spin. One of the things I…
Read MoreWord For Day: Living For the Pleasure of God
Good morning. This [prayer] is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth (1 Ti 2:3–4). We were created to worship. God’s desire is for “all men to be saved and come to the knowledge…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Do I go or stay?
Forging ahead or remaining where you are. Both are essential Christian assignments. Paul begins his letter to Timothy with these words of instruction:“As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine (1 Ti 1:3).” Paul was on the…
Read MoreWORD FOR THE DAY: An Urgent Prayer Request
Emperor Nero was the ruler of the world when Paul, the Apostle, was alive. Nero is famous for murdering his mother, Agrippina, and two of his wives. Nero is most famous for fiddling and dancing while Rome burned the evening of July 18, 64AD. When popular opinion began to turn against him for setting the…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Can We Glorify God With Entertainment?
Two days ago, we had a great meeting with our cross connect (young adults group) in which we had a greatly edifying discussion about our relationship with God and our relationship with entertainment. It is no secret that we live in a time when entertainment seems to be one of the biggest gods of the…
Read MoreWord For The Day: God’s Kindness Draws Us To Repeentance
The Word for Today is taken from Psalm 51:1. We continue with the theme of kindness today. Perhaps you can stop for a moment and read all of Psalm 51. WHAT: The background for this Psalm is 2 Samuel 11 and 12. In 2 Samuel 11, David committed adultery with Bathsheba then had her husband…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Expression of God’s Kindness
The Word for the Day comes from Titus 3:4-5. Here we are looking at an example of God’s kindness expressed towards us. Please read Titus 3:4-5 now. WHAT: Paul is summarizing the gospel in these two verses. Paul uses the phrase that God’s “goodness and kindness appeared”, he is referring to the incarnation of Jesus…
Read MoreWord For The Day: The Kindness of God
This morning we are taking the Word for the Day from Psalm 136. On Sunday mornings we are working our way through Ruth. One of the major themes in Ruth is God’s kindness. Sometimes the word for His kindness is “steadfast love” as translated in Psalm 136. The phrase “steadfast love” incorporates the ideas of…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Relationship With God
Let’s face it, we all want things to go according to plan, and none of us enjoy adversity. We have been discovering, though, that there are many ways in which we profit from adversity. One of the most valuable ways we benefit from trials is when they push us deeper into a relationship with God.…
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