Discipleship
Overcoming Discouragement
Have you ever felt discouraged, perhaps to the point of bordering on depression? It may surprise you to know that you are not alone. At one time or another we all face this problem. William Ward graphically described discouragement when he wrote: “Discouragement is dissatisfaction with the past, distaste for the present, and distrust…
Read MoreThe Attack Continues…
The Pharisees therefore said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.” Why does John keep talking about the opposition to Christ? By the time you get to Chapter 8 this continued attacks on Jesus seems monotonous until you realize what the Pharisees are doing. When a guilty party (Pharisees) wants…
Read MoreBlessed To Be A Blessing
Have you been blessed by God? If you are a Christian and think for a moment I’m sure your answer to that question would have to be “yes.” Did you know that you were blessed to be a blessing? Recently I read again of God’s call to Abraham to leave his hometown,…
Read MoreChrist is God
In John chapter 7 John submits evidence again that Christ is God by showing the connection between Christ and God’s plan, God’s message, God’s work, and God’s answer to man’s need. Our stage for the scene recorded in John 7 is Jerusalem. Six months have passed since Jesus multiplied the little boy’s lunch and fed the…
Read MoreGoing On To Spiritual Maturity
Becoming a Christian happens when you turn from your sin to Christ and receive God’s forgiveness by faith Jesus. John calls this being “born again” (Jn. 3:1-18). Birth is a wonderful thing but ecoming a Christian is just the beginning of a new life. God’s plan for His children is that they go on to…
Read MoreYour Greatest Threat – It May Not Be What You Think!
Do you battle with pride like I do? I bet you do (even if you are too proud right now to admit it! 🙂 Someone has said that they view pride is the source of all other sins… I think they are right. How about joining me in a little self-evaluation. Consider the following: Pride…
Read MoreNavigating The Storms of Life
John 6:15-21, (Parallel Passages: Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-56) Storms are beautiful and powerful things – when you are watching safely from a distance. It is quite another thing when we find ourselves caught in the middle of one! As boy I grew up in an area of the United States known as “Tornado Alley.” More…
Read MoreSix Tips For Successful Parenting
How would you define a home? Perhaps you would give me your street address, describe your house – the style, how many rooms or the color of your gate. The dictionary defines a home as a family or group of people who live together, it is the place where somebody feels he or she belongs.…
Read MoreBelieve: One Man’s Journey of Faith
We have all faced moments of desperation! The circumstances in life spirals out of control right past all of our human wisdom and ability. In such moments we are painfully aware that our resources, our influence, and our position in society are useless to meet the need. It may be a personal illness, or the…
Read MorePerspectives On The Harvest
Our text today is John 4:27-42, but I would like to be sure we grasp the context of what we are looking at by beginning to read from verse 1. Take a moment to watch this dramatized reading of John 4:1-27: Jesus “needed to go through Samaria” (4) because there was a thirsty woman headed to a…
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