Your Job Is a Calling, Not Just a Career
The Monday Morning Question It’s 6:30 AM. Your alarm goes off. You hit snooze once, maybe twice, then drag yourself out of bed. Another week begins. Another Monday. You shower, dress, grab coffee, and head to work, the same commute, the same desk, the same tasks you’ve been doing for years. And somewhere in the […]
Voice in the Wilderness
Matthew 3: Kingdom Trailblazer (1) Pray Psalm 2.7, 8.“I will declare the decree:The LORD has said to Me,‘You are My Son,Today I have begotten You.Ask of Me, and I will give YouThe nations for Your inheritance,And the ends of the earth for Your possession.’” Sing Psalm 2.7-9.(Agincourt: O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High!)I will declare the LORD’s decree. He said, “My […]
Not Our Greatest Strength
No Christian doubts that prayer is a great blessing and benefit, a privilege and a power source. But do we pray as much as would seem to be appropriate for such a boon? Or is our prayer life lagging a bit behind? Today’s excerpt is from our book, If Men Will Pray. You’ll find it on pages […]
The Witness of Creation
The Beauty of Salvation (9) “Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” And with these sayings they could scarcely restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them. Acts 14.17. 18 Bearing witness to Jesus can be […]
Glory in the Everyday
Economic Growth (5) Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.1 Corinthians 10.31 Compartmental livesMany Christians live a compartmentalized experience of following Jesus. That is, they have reserved room in their lives and schedules where Christian things like worship and fellowship and Bible learning are appropriate; […]
Vows
Acts 20:13–24 (ESV) But going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for so he had arranged, intending himself to go by land. And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and went to Mitylene. And sailing from there we came the following […]