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Enjoy Life Righteously & Virtuously
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has...
Profits Are Good If You Profit Righteously Using Godly Principles
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.’ (Proverbs 11:28); ‘One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to...
Turn the world upside down
Jesus taught with authority. Of those that heard, some were astonished only to be angered later by Jesus’ statements equating Himself with God. Others would believe, follow and be transformed. This is the way it ...
Having Grace Under Pressure – Persevere In Trying Circumstances
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.’ (Galatians 6:9); ‘Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.’ (Romans 12...
Have Faith That God Knows The ‘Why’
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ (Isaiah 46:10); ‘“For my thoughts are not your t...
Break Your Yoke With The Truth
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(12) After the prophet Hananiah had broken the <wooden> yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: (13) “Go and tell Hananiah, ‘This is what the Lord says:...
At Life’s Bleakest, There Is Always Hope With Jesus
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.’ (Psalm 118:24) There are days, and we all have them, when things just don’t look very good. But when it looks bleak, even...
True value
This past Sunday I shared that our purpose and our value come directly from God and His creation of us. Our purpose being to glorify Him in all that we do. Our value is found in His statement that at the end of cr...
Be An Ambassador For Christ – No Matter What You’re Doing
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.’ (2 Corinthians 5:20) In all that we do, we...
Jesus Doesn’t See ‘Us Vs. Them’; He Sees All Of Us As ‘Us’
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(51) As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. (52) And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for h...
Come As You Are, & Let Others Do The Same
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘(39) “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, (40) for whoever is not against us is for us. (41) Truly I tell yo...
God Assigns Gender, & Roles For Both To Perform & Portray For Good Reason
Word-Of-The-Day: ‘You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.’ (James 4:4); ‘<As...