July 12, 2020July 14, 2020Assurance, Jesus

Real Comfort

This world is falling apart. Maybe not in your neighborhood, maybe not on your preferred news channel, and maybe not in your […]

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020Church, Following, Relationships

Watched

Not to make you paranoid, but you’re being watched! Believers who take their calling seriously can’t have a completely private life. We […]

June 30, 2020June 30, 2020Church, Relationships

Essentials

A fish has a nature— it swims.   A hawk has a nature— it flies. It’s a natural compulsion. As believers we […]

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020Following, Relationships

What Does God Want

For the believer we always ask…  What does God want?   What is His will? Things like: ‘Where do I go to […]

June 16, 2020June 16, 2020Church, Prayer, Relationships

Pray Hard

Building a deepening relationship requires vulnerability. When one person trusts another with their fears, doubts, concerns, dreams, etc. Churches must do this. […]

June 9, 2020June 9, 2020Discipleship, Relationships

Follow-Up

In 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 we observe what should be practiced by each and every true New Testament Church… follow-up. Follow-up is […]

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020Church, Discipleship, Relationships

Reassurance

Reassurance— The act of removing doubts and fears. This is particularly true in relating to relationships, including churches. Every relationship has problems […]

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020Church, Following, Relationships

Receptivity

Gary Smalley in his book— ‘The Gift of Honor’  tells the story of Keith Hernandez. “He is one of baseball’s top players. […]

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020Church, Discipleship, Relationships

Excellence In Action 2

An elderly widow was restricted in her activities but was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she […]

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020Church, Following

Excellence In Action 1

Inc. Magazine contributing editor Jeff Haden wrote an article titled: “8 Things You Should Not Do Every Day.” Although written in the […]

May 3, 2020May 5, 2020Following, Surrender

Excellence In Endurance

Hanging in my study is a birthday gift from one of my disciples. It is one of my most prized possessions. He […]

April 28, 2020April 28, 2020Church, Following, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Surrender

Excellence In Ministry

“Excellence is never an accident”  —Aristotle Let’s read the next text in our series of Excellence: 1 Thessalonians 1.5-10 “For our gospel […]

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020Church, Prayer

Excellence In Prayer

“Half-heartedness and mediocrity don’t inspire anybody to do anything.” —Adrian Rogers If you put a group of people in a room and […]

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020Church, Jesus, Relationships

Collectively Together

A man was answering questions for a national poll. When asked for his church preference, he responded-— “Red brick.” Sounds about right! […]

April 6, 2020April 7, 2020Following, Jesus, Relationships

Love The Most

In John chapter 5 Jesus gave a response to the Jews ganging up on Him for not having a witness to confirm […]

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020Following, Relationships, Surrender

Question

If you have spent more than 3 minutes with a toddler, then you know how it is to have an insane amount […]

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020Following, Holy Spirit, Mind, Spirit Filled

Fruit

In conclusion of our look into indicators of someone who is “Walking in The Spirit”; we have to ask ourselves: How do […]

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020Following, Holy Spirit, Spirit Filled

Jesus Peace

As stated in the last post: Within the next few posts I plan to demonstrate the indicators of someone who is “Walking […]

March 10, 2020March 10, 2020Following, Holy Spirit, Mind, Surrender

Walking

The word ‘walk’in the Bible needs to be defined. Strongs #4748 stoixéō is derived from stoixos— a row, line, or rank. It […]

March 4, 2020March 4, 2020Church, Relationships

Prayers

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. (Acts 2.42)  Prayers.  προσευχαῖς […]