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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
Henry Blackaby said, "You never find God asking persons to dream up what they want to do for Him...Without doubt, the most important factor in each (Biblical) situation was not what the individual wanted to do for God. The most important factor was what God was about to do." (Experiencing God, page ...read more
Scripture: Luke 1:68-79, Matthew 21:1-6
Tags: Finding Fulfillment
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
THE TREASURE OF THE CHURCH St. Lawrence was martyred in 258 A.D., but we remember him not for his martyrdom. We remember him as the Archdeacon of Rome. His responsibilities included maintaining the sacred vessels of the small, struggling church and distributing alms to the poor. While he was ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 15:13-16
Tags: Poverty
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
Phillip Keller visited a potter in Pakistan and gained the most understanding ever of the meaning found in "Your will be done in earth as it is in heaven." The words of the prophet came to mind: "Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear my words" (Jer. 18:2). ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:10
Tags: Lord's Prayer
ON PRAYER Dr. Lewis Sperry Chafer told a story on the subject of prayer. A certain minister was in the habit of profound prayers, oftentimes resorting to words beyond the understanding of his simple flock. This went on week after week, to the dismay and frustration of the congregation. At last, a ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:5-15
Tags: Prayer How To
ON PRAYER--PART 2 Samuel Pepys was an English naval administrator and Member of Parliament in the seventeenth century, who is now most famous for his diary. "Prayer is not a lazy substitute for work. It is not a shortcut to skill or knowledge. And sometimes God delays the answer to our prayer in ...read more
MORE ON PRAYER Leonard Ravenhill - Prayer is not an argument with God to persuade him to move things our way, but an exercise by which we are enabled by his Spirit to move ourselves his way. Harry Emerson Fosdick - Prayer is putting oneself under God’s influence. Pope Pius XII - A man without ...read more
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:5
Tags: Humility
"Those who doubt most, and yet strive to overcome their doubts, turn out to be some of ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 14:22-36, Matthew 21:18-22, John 20:24-31, James 1:2-8, 1 Thessalonians 5:21 (view more) (view less)
Tags: Faith, Doubt, Apologetics, Worry
No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:16-18
Tags: Food
"In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 7:7-8
Tags: Confidence
Ethics stays in the prefaces of the average ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 6:24-33
Tags: Christian Values
"Hospitality is commended to be exercised, even toward an enemy, when he cometh to thine house. The tree does not ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48, Luke 6:27-36
Tags: Love, Enemy, Beatitudes, Christian Values
"Civility costs nothing, and buys ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 7:12
Tags: Hospitality
"You have to be flexible. If you have a plan and just blindly follow it, its ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25
Tags: Church Discipline
The Golden Rule is of no use to you whatever unless you ...read more
Tags: Jesus Teachings
Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:46-47
"IF I DON’T LOVE THIS ONE..." There was a little girl who had a very large collection of dolls heaped on her bed. A guest in her room one day asked herd "Do you love dolls" Then, with tender loving care, she spread out the whole collection for the guest to inspect and admire. The guest asked her, ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:43-47, Matthew 5:38-48, Micah 5:2-5
Tags: Christian Love
"ANYONE CAN DO THAT..." There was a man named Doug Nichols who went to India to be a missionary. While he was just starting to study the language, he became infected with tuberculosis and had to be put in a sanitarium. It was not a very good place to be. It was not very clean and conditions were ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 5:43-48
WHAT’S UP WITH JESUS? Renowned theologian Karl Barth was lecturing to a group of students at Princeton when a student asked him, "Sir, don’t you think that God has revealed himself in other religions and not only in Christianity?" With a modest thunder he stunned the crowd, replying, "No, God has ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 16:13-20
Tags: Jesus Christ
*The closer we get to Jesus, the more we will see a change in our lives. *Jonah Jones had a terrible childhood. Jonah’s parents were drug traffickers who introduced him to cocaine when he was 8-years-old. Unbelievable! -- but true. Worse than that, Jonah’s stepfather raped him. His mother abused ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 16:20-25
Tags: Testimonies About Jesus, Testimonies, Changed By Christ
Denomination: Baptist
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