Outreach
Pray for Your Church: Ministries (5) “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1.8 Mission confusionJesus set the pattern for the Church’s witness to the world. He went in […]
A Raised Eyebrow
“our coming to you was not in vain” (1 Thess. 2:1, NKJV) A well-known evangelist once said that it is not the raised sword but the raised eyebrow that inhibits believers in their witness for the gospel. Most of us do not live under the threat of prison or death at the hands of civil […]
Messenger to the Lost
Jesus throughout the Scriptures: Synoptic Gospels 1: Messenger of the Covenant (5)Pray Psalm 107.1-3.Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!For His mercy endures forever.Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,And gathered out of the lands,From the east and from the west,From the north and from the south.Sing Psalm 107.1-3.(Faithfulness: Great Is […]
Primary and Constant
Our readings in this series are from the book, Revived! Here is a brief excerpt from page 66: “In the day of trouble, our psalm tells us, whatever that trouble may be, we must call on the Lord and continue to call, and increase our calling – asking, seeking, knocking, imploring, confessing our sins and repenting day by […]
Troubling Passages
Luke 15:1–10 (ESV) Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not […]