Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. – Colossians 3:16 (NKJV) The Word needs to take root in our hearts and souls in order to be applied by us. [...]
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Study Your Word
Posted in Bible, Bible study, growth, small groups, study, tagged Bible, community, exhortation, theology, Word on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Partners and Presenters for Bible Lessons
Posted in study, support, teaching on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. – Ecc. 4:9-10 (NASB) Prayer partners work well. Accountability partners keep you [...]
Meeting with the Lord Daily
Posted in fasting, meditation, prayer, study, tagged grace, love, mercy, prayer, relationship, worship on November 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.- Luke 5:16 (NKJV) Meet with the Lord daily. It sounds a lot easier than it really is for the average person. It takes some effort on our part. Meeting with the Lord has its benefits. It can be both inspiring and edifying. Yet, many of [...]
Bible Study Time
Posted in Bible study, study, tagged Bible, help, Word on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Study to shew thyself approved unto God,. . . – 2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) Your faith needs to be centered around some understanding of who Jesus is. Yes, you need to know Him by the power of the Holy Spirit. After all, that is the work of the Holy Spirit to teach us and shares [...]
Learn of Him
Posted in Bible, books, gospel, study on September 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. – Matthew 11:29 (NIV) The Lord beckons the believer to learn of Him. He desires us to seek Him out. He desires us to search Him out in the Scriptures. [...]
Where God Could Exist
Posted in belief, Psalms, relationships, study on August 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What if God was one of us?Just a slob like one of usJust a stranger on the busTrying to make his way home - Joan Osborne “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” — Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere’s Fan) Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can [...]
Develop Your Daily Devotion
Posted in Bible study, daily, reading, study, tagged Bible, daily, Word on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Daily devotion should have a mantra that reads something like this: You start with intention and seek intimacy with God. That would pretty much summarize your objective in a nutshell. You have to keep the objective in mind in order to identify, track and assess your progress towards reaching that objective. Intention For your daily [...]
From Eden to Egypt- Day 8
Posted in answers, assurance, From Eden to Egypt, Genesis, God, study on November 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.- Genesis 3:1 (ESV) Typically, we get the story wrong. Art gives us a false perception at times, especially when it comes to this Old Testament . We picture a snake slithering and easing up on this [...]
No Middle of the Road
Posted in accomplishment, action, believers, calling, faith, glory, God, inspiration, study, testimony on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“We have been created for a purpose.”- Rick Warren In this day and age, it is pretty hard to figure out who hasn’t heard anything about Rick Warren. Whether good or bad, his name has come up in a conversation about a best-selling book, a political agenda and relationship with President Obama, or Saddleback and [...]
From Eden to Egypt- Day 1
Posted in belief, Bible, creation, daily, doubt, faith, family, From Eden to Egypt, manhood, relationships, study, truth, tagged Bible, daily, exhortation, theology, Word on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the beginning. . . – Genesis 1:1 (ESV) I am captivated every single time I read it. I crack open my Bible and thumb through cheese-cloth thin pages that crinkle like crisp dollar bills as I pass over the preliminary pages. I bypass the pages that tell of the inerrant and infallibe of God’s [...]
