Proverbs 4:23, “Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.” The heart is the command center of the Christian life. If you want to thrive spiritually, you must guard your heart diligently. Imagine if you planted a beautiful garden but failed to maintain it over time. Instead of watering […]
Hebrews 13:17 – “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.” Don’t Make Your Pastor Groan Pastors are incredibly busy
Ephesians 6:21-22, “So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage your hearts.”
“Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you in order to find favor in your sight”(Exodus 33:13). I get chill bumps every time I read this verse. Partly because of the surrounding context: in the verse before, Moses quotes God’s declaration to
Dear Pastor, I had the honor of visiting your church this past weekend and was warmly welcomed by your flock. We managed with ease into the children’s ministry and found comfortable seating in the sanctuary. The sound of the choir’s harmonies caressed my arms, leaving goosebumps in its wake. As I prepared to sit under
4 Ways to Think about the Persecuted Church from Crossway on Vimeo. Don’t Be Overly Sentimental or Sensational First of all, let’s not sentimentalize persecution. It’s real, it is hard, it’s our family that is suffering. Just as it says in Hebrews 13:3 that we are to remember those who are in prison as if
In A Book of Comfort in Sickness, P.B. Power, P.B. writes, “Cheer up; God has a place for you. God has something for you to do, and to be, in His Kingdom. You are no poor trodden-down creature; you have a place and a name before God.” I struggled, and still sometimes do, with the
http://media.blubrry.com/equipping_you_in_grace/servantsofgrace.org/mediafolder/Gettingagriponthewordofgod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Pandora | Emailhttp://media.blubrry.com/equipping_you_in_grace/servantsofgrace.org/mediafolder/Gettingagriponthewordofgod.mp4Podcast (video): Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe Apple Podcasts | Email | MoreOn this new theology segment of the Servants of Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins looks at the dangers of theological liberalism, including