Bible Studies
Word For The Day: Fellowship of Suffering
How well do you know the people you worship with every Sunday? We may worship with people, pray, and even serve with them without ever experiencing a fellowship bond. Trials and afflictions are used by God to draw us together. They break down barriers between us and destroy the illusion that we are self-sufficient. John,…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Prepared For Service
The older I get, the more I recognize that difficult and sometimes painful circumstances in my past were the instruments God used to shape me for service today. One reason God brings adversity into our lives is to equip us for effective service. In the book of Genesis, we have a long story about Joseph…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Persevering In Adversity
In recent months we have been looking at what it means to trust God even when life hurts. Jerry Bridges wrote a book by that title, and I have been sharing those thoughts with you. Let’s wrap things up this week. Let’s face it, sometimes life gets tough. We all face adversity. The question is…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Meditate On The Word
This week we have been discussing in our devotionals issues that relate to our relationship with the Word of God. As we end, I wanted to share with you a little about what you should do when you read the Bible. Have you noticed that when we look at the Scriptures, we seldom find the…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Protection From Sin
“This book (the Bible) will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book” (John Bunyan). The words of Bunyan are still true today for every one of us; one of the main reasons we sin constantly and experience no victory over our temptations is because we spend very little time in…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Mirrors and Motives
Everything we do and say in this life has a motive behind it. Because of the Holy Spirit that dwells in those who know God, those motives, more often than not, are good motives, but sadly, we don’t always have the right motives in our hearts when we do things. Furthermore, at times, it is…
Read MoreWord For The Day: The Promises of God
As we continue with our devotionals this week on the topic of reading the Scripture, I want to share with you another reason why we must read the Bible. We must read the Scriptures because in it we find all the promises of God. 2 Cor. 1:20 For all the promises of God find their…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Reading The Word of God to Know the Will of God
One of the things that people wrestle with in their minds is the idea of God’s will for the lives. At some point in our lives, we have asked ourselves what the will of God is in a specific situation we are facing or decision we have to make; usually this happens when such decisions…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Meditating In The Word
For this week’s devotionals, I would like to share with you about the idea of treasuring and cherishing God’s Word and why it is important to spend time reading and meditating in the Scriptures as often as we can. If you are like me, taking time to “be still and know that I am God”…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Learning Dependency
Last evening at Connection Group, we discussed what it means to live in a gospel-centered community and why it is vital for our Christian growth! We observed that we all tend to rely on ourselves. God must continually work to break us of this. The reality is that apart from our union to Christ and…
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