Archive for April, 2023
And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Matthew 21:27, LSB
We like to think we have great understanding, but if we deny the clear evidence or meaning of Scripture, Christ won’t bend to our understandings. We must conform to His truth.
And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
Matthew 21:19, ESV
We might try to be trendy for the season or on the right side of history, but we are called to obey Christ above our own desires and societal expectations.
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
Matthew 21:13, ESV
We like to think we are dedicating things to God, but are we merely bringing our own will into our walk?
Let us first dedicate our lives to God and the rest will follow.
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Pray for the recent funerals your pastor or church conducted. In the current church I’m attending the Pastor conducted a funeral on Saturday for someone who just passed away. He texted me to pray for him which I did. Both of […]
This Sunday at Church: Pray for the recent funerals your Pastor or Church Conducted
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31, ESV
Even our simple choices in life should be dedicated to God, with concern for those around us but always to glorify God.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16, ESV
We like to think we are basically good or can earn a place in heaven, but it is only by faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus that we get there.
a simple man of God 