Posted on August 21, 2024
"Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus."...
Continue ReadingPosted on August 20, 2024
"And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28 To love God means to obey Him. In today's verse, we see how all things, even our mistakes, God uses for good in our...
Continue ReadingPosted on August 19, 2024
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working." James 5:16 To make disciples we must first learn to be discipled ourselves and this requires an often slow and...
Continue ReadingPosted on August 17, 2024
"...for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.” Proverbs 24:16 This week’s church planting movement principle is: Learn From Mistakes. In Philippians 3:13-14 we read: “Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But...
Continue ReadingPosted on August 15, 2024
"Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience." Colossians 3:12 Today's verse calls us to clothe ourselves with the things that really matter and make an eternal difference in us and in the world around us: compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness,...
Continue ReadingPosted on August 14, 2024
"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight." 1 Peter 3:3-4...
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