One day we will each have to give an account for what God has given us to do. Let us be sure that we don’t take what God has given to us and bury it away, but use it in a way that honors the God who gave it to us. The following series of lessons, brought to us by Jeff Keele is a good reminder to put on the servant attitude and work to bring people to our Father. By living in an way that mimics His Son’s life we can be servants for Him.
Paul calls upon each of us to change the way we think: About ourselves, about one another, and about our gifts. If we make excuses for not using our gifts we are in danger of experiencing the same condemnation as the slave who received the one talent in Jesus’ parable (Matthew 25:14-30).
Do you remember something about which you have been enthusiastic? Perhaps, you were so excited that you couldn’t even sleep the night before. When Paul exhorts us to be “fervent in spirit,” he is utilizing an idiom from his day, it literally meant “to boil in the spirit.”
Do we serve the Lord with enthusiasm? Can others tell that we care for one another? If your answer is no, then I must ask you, what are you doing to change things?
The Greek word tharseo (?????? thar-say-O) means “take courage” or “have courage.” Depending on the translation you are looking at, the term will be translated by phrases like “take courage,”…
Have you ever borrowed anything from someone? Perhaps a car, a tool, a book, a phone, or any of a host of things. You knew when that person, whoever it…
The second commandment, which is one of the longest, has to do with worshiping the right God in the right way. How we worship matters just as much as whom…
Our text this morning follows Jesus response to the Jewish leaders’ question concerning His authority to cleanse the temple and teach in its precincts. These leaders have made it their…
The joy of salvation can be ours even during trials. Importantly, the trials that distress us. Does Peter mean to say that we can be glad in times of trials…
What kind of church would you like? If you could have whatever kind of church you want, what would you choose? We all have preferences, acknowledge it or not we…
Most people think the Ten Commandments are straightforward and easy to understand. There are only ten of them and they are not very long. A literal translation of Exodus 34:28…
I believe that many of us have become desensitized in our reading of God’s Word. By this I mean that were we physically present when some of the things of…
Do you find it difficult to be faithful in hard places? Places that make it difficult to be faithful or hard places might be in the company of worldly friends,…
We are here today to worship the “King of kings and Lord of lords” (cf. 1 Timothy 6:15; Revelation 19:16). We anticipate the day when . . . He will…
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