Today I am putting before you a challenge: Be special for the Lord! There are so many that are casual about everything, even the Lord. What if you would give the Lord your very best this Christmas? What He desires is your life. You haven’t called on Him yet as Savior? Why not today? Secondly, …
I Corinthians 13:4-5 The hope of each brother in Christ should be not to turn every matter into the “end of the world” position. The danger of getting distracted by issues or difference is that the main things, proclaiming God’s Word and seeing the lost saved, becomes a causality. Just think of how the food …
Roman’s 14:3 Independent Baptists are different from each other and it is healthy for the church. Like-minded believers are blessed to be different from each other. Think of Peter and Andrew what a difference but they had so much in common! Different Approaches God builds people with different gifts, personalities and drives “Go getters”-people who …
Serving Jesus with Others Lesson 1 What we have in common Recommend reading: Unnecessary Division, R B Ouellette and David Sorenson. Striving Together Publications. Lancaster, CA 2014. Acts 15:28-29 “Necessary things” Bible doctrines- the truths of Jesus are not in debate, they are needed to have orthodox truth Acts 2:42 the doctrine is based on …
God has blessed His children! Psalm 68:19 Each day write down a blessing of praise to God to count your blessings is a way of telling your thankfulness-personal Each day tell someone of God’s goodness the sharing of His testimony in your life will bring Him glory-public Engage in being generous by sharing with someone …
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It’s Saturday late afternoon, and I’m washing the spring bugs off the grill of my car (I’ll take the bugs any day over the snow and ice). There is a sense of savings when I wash the car myself, so I’m really enjoying the chore and working at doing a good job. Then in the …
March 24, 2015 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.- Matthew 14:2 From the very beginning of Jesus’ ministry people were confused, augmentative and defensive. They claimed that Jesus was just John the Baptist resurrected, …
Dear Friend(s): Are you like Wendy and me, just a little anxious for spring to actually be sprung, right? It is a shame that we are so impacted by the weather but after all it has been a hard cold winter and the Lord knows how much we enjoy the birds singing, the snow to …
With the summer months the pace of life can slow down slightly but the hectic schedule of the fall is coming just around the corner, isn’t it? Why not take in a family event, one that will host joy and spiritual blessings? My childhood memories of Summer Vacation Bible School are encouraging. There was the …
Why we should pray for the United States of America Dr. Timothy W. Jackson, pastor Community Baptist Church July 2, 2014 I propose that believers in the Lord should pray for the United States of America. The same God that led able men to break from the tyranny of England can be moved to help …
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