Enriched In All Things
1 Corinthians 1:4-5 (DARBY) I thank my God always about you, in respect of the grace of God given to you in Christ Jesus; that in everything ye have been enriched in him, in all word [of doctrine], and all knowledge The church in Corinth was indeed enriched in all things. Concerning spiritual gifts, they […]
Grace and Peace
1 Corinthians 1:3 (NET) Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! A certain missionary took the gospel to a West African village. The first household he visited, they greeted him warmly and offered him some food and water because they perceived he was coming from a far journey. […]
Be Careful With Your Company
1 Corinthians 15:33 (NET) Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” When Rex was in the university, he rededicated his life to Christ and determined to live the rest of his life to please the Lord. At this point, Rex had enough spiritual understanding to know that life had no meaning if it […]
You Will Still See His Favor
Psalms 27:13 (NET) Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord’s favor in the land of the living? Edet went through a season in his life that looked like it wouldn’t end. It was as if the heavens were closed against him and everything was working against him. He […]
What is your Focus
1 Timothy 6:9-10 (NET) Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves […]
True Godliness 2
1 Timothy 6:6-7 (NET) Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. Gbenga accepted the Lord Jesus because he saw a vision in his sleep that really troubled him. In that vision, he saw that he was […]
Grow Up 3
Ephesians 4:16 (KJV) From whom [Christ] the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. We saw last time that speaking the truth in love would cause […]
True Godliness
1 Timothy 6:5-6 (NET) …and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit. Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. The reason Harman accepted the Lord Jesus was because he was made to understand that Jesus blesses people. […]
Grow Up 2
Ephesians 4:15 (KJV) But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ. The baby, who could not speak, should grow up to learn “to speak the truth in love.” Speaking the truth is speaking the Word. Speaking the Word of God is one of […]
The Lordship of Christ
1 Corinthians 6:20 (NET) For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. When Dare realized what it really meant to be a believer in the Lord Jesus, his slavery to sin was broken. He had attended church all his life, but he knew he was still a slave to sin. […]