Nov 22, 2020 Online Worship – Open the Eyes of My Heart Today’s scripture: Ephesians 1: 15-23 Charles Dickens, nineteenth century English author, accused Americans of celebrating Thanksgiving all wrong saying Americans should complain one day of the year and give thanks on all the other 364 days to thank God for all our blessings. Paul would not agree with Dickens. He tells us we should focus on God gifts and blessings with the Lordship of Christ. In his prayer…
Are you Invested? Today’s scripture: Matthew 25:14-18, 28-29 Living as a disciple is a lot like investing, there is risk involved. Unlike investing, we have a guaranteed return when we invest with God. Walking with Jesus can be uncomfortable at times, dangerous at others. We are always outside the norm when we serve others and when we share the gospel because our faith can only be proven in our soul and from the labor of our hands. This passage is…
Today’s scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 We see the results when people fail to cooperate at the political level; stagnation, battles, hard feelings, and anger abound. But as disciples of Jesus, we are called to cooperate in ministry and life and this goes beyond denominations, beyond our own prideful desires to place the kingdom in front of all we do. If it’s good for the kingdom of God, it’s good for us. To put it another way, when we cooperate and…
If compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece as Ludwig Erhard noted, then how do Christians “do” compromise?
