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WHERE DID ALL MY FRIENDS GO?

BIBLE PASSAGE: Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5) MEDITATION: Have you ever had friends who were ‘right there with you’ until something bad happens? You could be going through … Continue reading

WHAT DO THE WORDS ‘SACRIFICE’, ‘OBEDIENCE’ AND ‘LOVE’ MEAN TO YOU?

SCRIPTURE: Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. (Ephesians 5:1-2) MEDITATION: Have you ever thought about heroic efforts you have seen in the news, social media, etc.? There … Continue reading

IS YOUR LOVE VERTICAL AS WELL AS HORIZONTAL?

SCRIPTURE: “Because he loves Me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges My name.”   (Psalm 91:14) MEDITATION: Would you agree that one of the basic needs of mankind is affection? We desire love from others, and from God. We know that we have God’s love because Jesus … Continue reading

HOW CAN I COPE WITH THE RELENTLESS TEMPTATIONS FROM SATAN?

SCRIPTURE: So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.   (Galatians 5:16) MEDITATION: Fighting temptations can feel like a full time job can’t it? There are times when it seems the temptations have disappeared, but before we know it they are right back again trying … Continue reading

WHEN PROBLEMS COME, WHERE DO YOU GO FOR HELP?

SCRIPTURE: “I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land.  I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”   (Genesis 28:15) MEDITATION: Everything can be going just fine for us when suddenly we are blindsided by something … Continue reading

WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO SEE WHEN YOU STEP INTO ETERNITY?

BIBLE PASSAGE: “I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.” (Revelation 1:18) MEDITATION: Eternal life seems so unnatural to us from our perspective. However, this was God’s design before sin entered the world. With sin came its … Continue reading

WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE MOST?

SCRIPTURE: “But our citizenship is in heaven.  And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 3:20) MEDITATION: Have you ever been to a foreign country? If you have, and you didn’t know the native language, then you probably felt out of place. Seeing the sights was probably enjoyable, but you … Continue reading

WHEN CAN WE EXPECT JESUS TO RETURN FOR THE FINAL JUDGMENT?

BIBLE PASSAGE: But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having … Continue reading

WHEN CAN WE EXPECT JESUS TO RETURN FOR THE FINAL JUDGMENT?

SCRIPTURE: But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good,  treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—having a … Continue reading

ATTENDING WORSHIP SERVICES PLEASES GOD, BUT THERE’S MORE

SCRIPTURE: Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship.   (Romans 12:1) MEDITATION: When Paul says, “in view of God’s mercy”, what does he mean? We have to look at the absence of … Continue reading

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