Being a father is never easy. It is much more than simply getting up, going to work, and bringing home a paycheck to make sure that you keep a roof over your head and food on the table. Being a father also means living with integrity; being a man of open honor and honesty. Some of the greatest lessons I learned from my father came not from what he said, but what he did. Our children watch our every step to see how we live our lives and whether or not our walk matches our talk. The legacy we leave is seen in how they eventually walk themselves.
Our friends have an enormous influence on our lives, for either good or bad. Our peers may be used, by either God or Satan, to build us up or tear…
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself, “How is God using me in His kingdom?” There are some whose names have been long remembered because of their great deeds (i.e.,…
Satan utilizes another tactic — distraction. He knew that if he could preoccupy the apostles with social administration, which even though it was essential, was not what the Lord had…
There is a truth which each of us must ingrain in our minds this morning. It is the fact that as long as time exists, Satan will continue his relentless…
In Acts 4, following the healing of a man who had been lame since his birth and Peter’s preaching to those who were present in the temple, we are told…
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” (Ephesians 1:3). This morning as…
Here at the end of Acts 2, Luke shares with us the life of the early church and the characteristics it possessed. In these verses, Luke shares with us four…
All of us here this morning are a product of the events which have preceded us as well as those which have taken place in our lifetime. Our lives have…
Jesus is still alive and He is still active. He is not the one who was; he is the one who is. We here today, who are a part of…