Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Death Is Coming. Life Has A Purpose.
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age....
Death Is Coming. Life Has A Purpose.
Today you are about to engage in battle with your enemies. Do not be cowardly. Do not be afraid, alarmed, or terrified because of them. For the Lord your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies and to give you victory. Deuteronomy 20:3b-4
Death Is Coming. Life Has A Purpose.
The Christian Mission Statement is to know God and to make Him known. To know God is to be in fellowship with Him in the style of Abraham and Moses, with ears to hear and wisdom to obey. To make Him known is to evangelize and disciple (the Great Commission) in the...
Death Is Coming. Life Has A Purpose.
And Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ These two commands are pegs. Everything in God's...
Death Is Coming. Life Has A Purpose.
With what shall I come before the Lord? The Lord has told us what is good; walk in humble fellowship with God and live in steadfast righteousnesses and love toward others. Micah 6
Death Is Coming. Life Has A Purpose.
And if the bugler doesn’t sound a clear call, how will the soldiers know they are being called to battle? 1 Corinthians 14
Death Is Coming. Life Has A Purpose
No Turning Back /9
“I thought about my ways and turned my steps back to your decrees.” King David, Psalm 139:59 CSB He is risen. The tomb is empty. Jesus begins His final time with His followers. His disciples surely reflected on these words of David. There is no doubt that their steps...
No Turning Back /8
But God. Christ has regarded my helpless estate and has shed His own blood for my soul. No turning back. He is risen. He is risen indeed. #NoTurningBack #Easter2024
No Turning Back /7
In His last hours Jesus uttered seven statements that have become known as the Seven Last Words Of Christ: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. Verily I say unto thee, today thou shalt be with me in paradise. Woman, behold thy son. And to the Disciple...
No Turning Back /6
Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that You have given me because You loved me before the of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know You, I know You, and these know that You...
No Turning Back /5
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who does not turn back from following Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." John 8:12 No turning back. #NoTurningBack #Easter2024
No Turning Back /4
“If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” Luke 9:23 ASV God calls His redeemed to prepare not only for service, but also for suffering. These words are the Christian’s contract, sealed by the Spirit of God....
No Turning Back /3
As He came closer to Jerusalem and saw the city ahead, He began to weep. “How I wish today that you of all people would understand the way to peace. But now it is too late, and peace is hidden from your eyes. Before long your enemies will build ramparts against your...
No Turning Back /2
And the Angel said to Zechariah: "He will be great in the eyes of the Lord. He must never touch wine or other alcoholic drinks. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth. And he will turn many Israelites to the Lord their God. He will be a man with...
No Turning Back /1
When the days drew near for Him to be taken up, He set His face to go to Jerusalem. Mark 9:51 ESV 2,000 years ago Jesus turned His face resolutely toward Jerusalem, the cross, and the first Easter. No turning back. A fitting theme for Easter: I have decided to follow...
Love In Deed
Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18b ESV Love defines a Christian. As People of the Way we are called to love as Christ loves us. Realistically, sacrificially, purposefully, willingly, and absolutely. We don’t learn to do this from...
A Prayer For The Morning
Lord, thank you for keeping me humble and for picking me up when I stumble.
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