Have you ever “caught” a habit? Modern corporate culture exudes habits and as a result employees seem to all walk and talk similar to each other. Family culture creates habits. Clicks, gangs, and club...  Read More

Staying on the verses Romans 12:1-2 for another day to mine out more gems of truth… Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living ...  Read More

Imagine your brain is like a closet. Inside you would like to “hang” all of the amazing truths of Scripture in an organized fashion so that you can pull them out at any time. The following is the way ...  Read More

1 Peter 4:10-11 “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks...  Read More

Matthew 6:16-18“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But w...  Read More

John 5:39-40“You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.” ...  Read More

John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. Let it be fixed in your mind that the passage above was spoken by Jesus in the same room on the same night as the “foot washing” that we di...  Read More

CONTRIBUTION kon-tri-bu’-shun (koinonia, “communion” or “fellowship,” Romans 15:26, 2 Corinthians 9:13): The meaning “contribution” is drawn from the context, rather than from the Greek word. The phra...  Read More

Romans 8:26-27 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our...  Read More

This morning (or evening) I want you to do something VERY different. Find a private place, get down on your knees (unless you have knee problems or the floor is 35 degrees) and simply read line by lin...  Read More

We’ve come full circle through the first of one of our outline “spokes.” A relationship with God through Christ is the center-point and focus of the normal Christian life. In any relationship, there m...  Read More

Build a house and at some point, there will be maintenance. Install a landscape, and at some point, there will be weeding, mulching, and trimming. Buy and drive a car, and there will be routine mainte...  Read More