Can People Ever Really Change?
Have you every watched any of the makeover shows on TV – either a room of a house, or of somebody who has never cared much about what they looked like? The transformations are dramatic and amazing. It is hard to imagine what they had looked like after the work was done.
So it is with us, […]
Accountability - Commitment.
1 Corinthians 15.
What a great chapter! It’s all we need to know about the doctrines of the Church. Even the first few verses tell the gospel. It should encourage, challenge and urge us to see how important it is to pass this message on. Our brothers and sisters in other countries die for this, or at the […]
Top Ten Things You Never Hear In Church.
1. Hey! It’s my turn to sit in the front pew.
2. I was so enthralled, I never noticed your sermon went 25 minutes over time.
3. Personally I find witnessing much more enjoyable than golf.
4. I’ve decided to give our church the $500 a month I used to send to TV evangelists.
5. I volunteer to be the permanent teacher for the […]
Not Good Enough?
Over the years, so many people have told me they have done too many wrong things to ever be good enough for God to accept them. I hope you are not one of those people. The great Apostle Paul did what we might consider, too many bad things (like killing the Christians), yet God had […]
2008.
Well, here we are at the beginning of another year. What will it hold for us individually and as a Church family? Only our Heavenly Father knows. The most important thing is that we seek to walk in His will/plan for our lives. How do we know what that is? The Bible gives us clear […]
We are Family Pt.2
(Following last weeks reminder of how we are family and the blessing and responsibility that includes, read the conclusion to Jon Walker’s devotion.)
What now?
- Learn to develop healthy relationships – You may have learned unhealthy methods of relating in your “family of origin,” but in a community of believers there will be models of good […]
A Family Of God’s Family, Pt. 1.
by Jon Walker (Saddleback Church)
Love your brothers and sisters in God’s family. (1 Peter 2:17b NCV)
We long to belong.All believers “belong in God’s household with every other Christian”(Eph 2:19 LB). This means church is not something we go to – rather it’s something we belong to – a family of God’s people. It’s more than […]
O Lord, Our Lord.
PSALM 8 – O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic) is Your Name in all the earth……” Take time to read this Psalm. Like all of them, they can be used as prayers. We often launch into our prayers with a list of requests, but it seems that it is so much better to praise […]
Being Real Women (and Men) of God.
At the recent CWCI convention at Lake Tinaroo, the speaker shared about the lives of four great women of God: Sarah, Abigail, Ruth and Esther. We probably all know the stories, but as she opened up the history of what was taking place during their lives and the way they were treated as children and […]
