Posts from December 2022
Kindness
Expressing kindness is such a little thing, yet it means so much. An anonymous writer has well said: “The ministry of kindness is a ministry which may be achieved by all men, rich and poor, learned and illiterate. Brilliance of mind and capacity for deep thinking have rendered great service to humanity, but by themselves they are impotent to dry a tear or mend a broken heart.” Despite his busy schedule during the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln often visited the…
5 Warnings for Christmas
1 Timothy 6:1-10, 17-18 1 All who are under the yoke of slavery should consider their masters worthy of full respect, so that God’s name and our teaching may not be slandered. 2 Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves. These are the things you…
The LORD is my Shepherd
I. “The Lord is My Shepherd; I shall not want” (23:1). A. Lost Sheep (Luke 15:1-7). Here Jesus pictures human beings as sheep that God cares about. He wants to keep them and bring them back to Him when they are lost. This is what Jesus does for those willing to accept the gospel. B. The Good Shepherd (John 10:1-11). Jesus is the entrance to protect for the sheep and the shepherd of the sheep. But we must also note…
Will He Find You Faithful?
When speaking of His eventual return to judge the world and transport the church to heaven, Jesus had only one question expressed in Luke 8:8, “…when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” When applied in personal terms this question becomes, “When Jesus returns, will He find you faithful?” The Bible teaches us that the return of Christ and the end of the world will come suddenly and without any warning (Luke 12:40; Rev. 3:3).…
Faith is the Victory
I like winning. If you know me well, you don’t need me to tell you that. I’ll take winning over losing any day of the week. I don’t know if I will see another Detroit Tigers world championship in my lifetime. But I do know I will see my victory over sin and death. I’m seeing little victories now, but full and permanent victory is on the way. That’s the faith talking. We read in 1 John 5:4-5, “For whatever…