8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8 ESV) How involved are you in the business of spreading God’s word? I know, the question puts you on the...
The Part Love Plays
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love,...
Your Fruit Should Abide
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. (John 15:16 ESV) Today’s scripture has some interesting turn of phrases that...
Left Hand, Right Hand
3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Matthew 6:3-4 ESV) Is your giving from s glad heart, or is it more...
A Successful Life
8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,[a] and to walk humbly with your God? (Mica 6:8 ESV) Our scripture today gives us God’s definition for living a good, successful life. If we have this, why are we always...