Our life of faith provides a way to increasingly experience the fruit of the promises of God.
Jesus’ message to the church in Smyrna shows us that when we feel the pressure of life caving in, the kingdom of heaven is advancing.
esus is speaking to us in this message to the Ephesian church to capture our affections for him so our service is empowered by his Spirit.
Revelation gives us windows into the unseen realities of Jesus’ reign causing us to look at our present realities in faith.
God wants to quicken our spiritual senses to taste and see the satisfaction of our longings in Jesus.
What do I do in my suffering seasons? I entrust my soul to a faithful Creator while doing good.
Understanding Jesus as fully human and fully divine leads to confessing him as Christ directing us to exalt Christ.
God, as Father, inclines himself to the experience of his children blessing them with his continued eternal presence.
The church of Jesus Christ is to preserve the truth until it outlasts any attempt to shortcut and subvert it.
The church’s honor of those often overlooked in the church shines in the truth of Jesus’ sacrifice.
Living the truth involves spiritual awareness, requires spiritual investment, and results in spiritual advancement.
This passage is about facing the truth of swerving from the faith with a rock-solid trust in the enduring Word of God as we live as lights in the darkness.
God is refining the church so believers will live for the truth to be set high for all to see.
The qualities for the leaders of the church are to ensure the structural integrity in God’s command to preserve the truth.
Our roles as men and women in the church serve to preserve the truth of the gospel so others will see Jesus’ redemption and get in on it.
The church is to preserve the gospel of God’s glory by stewarding the gospel’s simple message, rejoice in its penetrating power, and live out its worthy call on our lives.
The church should be attractional through its doctrinal fidelity evidenced with empowered love.
The church is called to preserve the contours of the gospel so as to ensure pure devotion.
1 Timothy is a manual for believers to steward the gift of the church to preserve the legacy of the gospel.
As disciples of Jesus, we are called to forsake all things for the glory of the One who will never forsake us.
God has claim on our minds and calls us to engage our minds toward kingdom advancement.
We are in need of renewing our commitment to the relationships that God has called us to serve in so we can enjoy the fruit of kingdom advancement.
God has saved us so we will enjoy spending ourselves for the glory of Christ over all things.
Jesus came to us to bring us to God. He was the ultimate sacrifice to remove the penalty of our sins so we could be in God’s presence forever.
The call to motherhood is the highly esteemed mission of capturing children’s hearts for faith and enduring hope in Christ.
The call of a father is to steward the likeness of God in cutting a path to Jesus in the hearts of our sons and daughters for the flourishing of enduring hope.
Wives are called to demonstrate the response to Jesus’ love through submitting themselves to their husbands with the inviting effect of embracing Jesus.
Husbands are called to demonstrate the love of Christ through giving themselves for their wives with the purifying effect of exalting Jesus.
The call of God upon us as his restored image bearers is to share in his oneness so all will know his love.
The Lord desires to remind us of his nearness in our lives so we can be sustained by his presence and grace.
When women embrace God’s design for them as fitting helpers under the loving leadership of Christlike men, gospel light is set on a stand for all to see.
Redeemed men, being conformed to the image of Christ, are used to recover God’s design of headship (covering) to bring the blessing of God.
The Lord would remind us of his desire to gather his church and to encourage our devotion to his desire.
A crucial part of our new life as restored image bearers is responding to God in worship.
God’s powerful work upon us awakens light in us so Jesus’ life will be known through us.
We need a clear sense of calling to motivate us to live within God's calling for each of us.
God’s love is displayed and extended to us through Jesus to redeem, restore, and reconcile for full and joyful union with God.
We want to extol the greatness of God’s creative work so we are brought yet again to praise him in his glory.
God’s plan is to gather his people and shatter false hopes in order to send them out in his glory.
The church is to live out a salvation that attracts the lost to taste the joy of heaven.
We trust God’s sovereignty over the shaking of our lives so our hearts are settled on the preeminence of Jesus for us to shine with the Spirit.
The peace we long for to carry us through life is realized in a soul-deep confidence from our identity in Christ.
God wants our homes to be places that have a calm tone so that his love and peace will be our experience.
God will expose the emptiness of our worry so we will trust in his power over us removing barriers to experience his peace.
Jesus has come, and he will come again to reign over all as the triumphant eternal King.
Jesus' fulfillment of being the promised sufferer to save God's people should move us to worship him in his power and glory
Understanding the good shepherd should inspire faith to walk with and under pastors who reflect Jesus in word and deed.
Rehearsing the story of God's redemption reminds us of our identity and engages our trust in God.
Our greatest good is to see the glorious Messiah and yield to his eternal reign over our lives. God's Word brings Jesus near to us so we can see him with the eyes of our hearts.
The visions given to Zechariah point to a new, divine King that will wear a new crown and build a new temple.
We are to honor the authority of God's word with our obedience as we forsake the idols that seek to capture our hearts.
Lillian was used by God to begin and run an orphanage in Egypt amid stories of God's faithfulness.
Christmas is the celebration of an everlasting joy and peace brought to us by an everlasting Savior-King.
The vision of the golden lampstand and its explanation show that God's mission is only accomplished by God's power.
The promise of God in Zechariah 2 is to expand the reach of the radius of God's glory in order to capture his people for his glory.
God calls to a discouraged, distracted, desperate, and disillusioned people to restore his presence and promise to them.
In order to grow in our devotion with God, we need to understand how God speaks and zealously protect our time with him.
God's verdict frees us from the courtroom of human opinion-we don't need to live every day on trial.