If You Know You’re Loved
There is a great little chorus we sing every now and then at Friendship that goes like this: “If you know you’re loved by the King, then sing, sing, sing.If you know you’re loved by the King, live for Him. Live for Him.” [Matt Redman] Here is a great promise we need to always remember: [...]
Read More...Loving the "Least of These"
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was [...]
Read More...I said "Yes!"
James 5:12Above all, my brothers, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, or you will be condemned. Making sure you know where you stand with God is essential in your walk. If we base our beliefs on our church, parents, friends [...]
Read More...Stop Taking the Easy Way Out
Have you ever known anyone who always takes the easy way out for everything? When I was growing up I thought it was cool to take the easy way of doing things, I avoided most things if it even looked hard. But as I grew up God planted this knowledge in my heart: You get [...]
Read More...Seeds
So in Mark 4, Jesus tells a parable about 4 different types of “seeds” in the world. The first kind are those who don’t hold fast to the truth and lose it. The second kind are those who have no foundation to their beliefs and are quick to abandon them. The third kind are those [...]
Read More...In Love With God, Full or Part Time?
Is your love for God a burning passion that consumes you or is it more of a casual affection? Listen to the words of a man who was completely “infatuated” with the Soveriegn Lord… At this my heart pounds and leaps from its place. Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that [...]
Read More...Give Him A Call!
Psalm 145:18 (New International Version) The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.Man oh man could He make it any easier! All we have to do is call on Him and He is with us. I know I find myself moping around sometimes wondering, “where [...]
Read More...Seeing the Need
Nehemiah 8:1-2,9All the people gathered together at the square in front of the Water Gate. They told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses that the LORD had given Israel. 2 On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, [...]
Read More...Gray is Gray
Something a lot of Christians don’t like to talk about openly are what we call “gray areas”. These are things that are not specifically spelled out as right or wrong in the scriptures. The biggest debate in the land of gray is on the subject of drinking. This begs the question: “Is it OK for [...]
Read More...The Positive Power of Failure!
When Thomas Edison was questioned about his multiple failures in attempting to create a filament light bulb he simply said, “I have not failed 700 times, I have not failed even once. I have succeeded in proving that there are 700 ways that will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not [...]
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