When we live our lives filled with the Holy Spirit, God will make sure that there will be people around us who will notice and possibly start asking questions about our peace, patience, kindness, and other observable changes in our lives. As we remember that God’s assignment for us is to be witnesses, not lawyers, our testimonies become a natural way to tell others what we have personally “seen and heard.”
READ MOREEvangelism is the spreading of the Gospel of Christ through various means. Evangelism is not just the responsibility of pastors and teachers. The responsibility falls to every believer. All those who claims Jesus as Lord and Savior are to share the Gospel with their friends, family, coworkers, and the people they come across in daily life. You don’t have to...
READ MOREThis phrase comes from Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 16, Mark 8, and Luke 9. The focus of this teaching was on how following Christ appropriately meant following Christ sacrificially. This specific phrase points to the importance of choosing wisely how we follow. Let’s look at...
READ MOREThere are two ways that we proclaim the Gospel of Jesus to those around us: by our way of living and by our way of talking. Both ways go hand in hand with each other. Now there are a multitude of techniques by which these are accomplished, but the reality is that there are only two ways to proclaim. The key is making sure that...
READ MOREThe Bible promotes worship from Genesis to Revelation. Worship is a gift from the Lord as well as a command. There are many forms of worship; some include being in a church and some do not. It’s been said that worship is anything we do that makes God smile. True worship in Scripture was specifically taught by Jesus in His conversation with the woman at the well. In John 4:24, Jesus says, “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
There are several ways for each of us to have a better prayer life. These ways go beyond the normality of getting alone, having a specific place, and stylistic praying (using the model prayer Jesus gave as a guideline for prayer). While these things are important and have their place, along with those needs to be…
READ MOREAdrian Rogers discusses unrealistic expectations and the pastor's priorities in this video interview.
READ MOREThere are several aspects to being filled with the Holy Spirit that we see in Scripture. We see these aspects in salvation, in service to the Lord God, and in the daily life of the believer. In the Old Testament, God would anoint or fill certain men with His Spirit for a specific time or a task. For instance, with young David in ...
READ MOREThe biblical phrase “remain steadfast” can be described as having an intense, unwavering desire to abide in Jesus. This is the attitude Christians are to have toward what Jesus spoke of in John 15:1-17, the parable of the vine and the branches. Followers of Christ are to be established, ready, immovable—faithful, regardless of the circumstances surrounding us. We see examples of this all throughout Scripture. Such as...
READ MOREA human body has many members with different functions, but only one head. Metaphorically speaking, the Church and Christ work together in a similar fashion. In the same way that the head directs the rest of the body in how to move, Christ also instructs His body, the Church. Ephesians 5:23 says, “For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.”
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