Faith that finishes is supported by pastoral ministry that is fulfilled.
Navigating The Ship Of Faith Safely Home - Psalm 119.81-88 (Faith That Goes The Distance - Part 3 of 4)
Consciences that are not held by the Word of God naturally wreck faith.
Keeping The Balloon Of Faith Afloat - Luke 19.1-10 (Faith That Goes The Distance - Part 2 of 4)
Restoring the joy of our salvation means revisiting our own “sycamore tree” with regularity.
Faith Across The Finish Line - Mark 6.45-52 (Faith That Goes The Distance - Part 1 of 4)
Faith doesn’t focus on what we are walking through but rather Who we are walking to.
Gratitude At Ground Zero - Lamentations 3.16-24 (Spiritual Renovation - Part 6)
God gives us reasons for gratitude even in the midst of a disaster.
Ask God For Anything - John 14-16 (Spiritual Renovation - Part 5)
We get to talk to God like a Father because we are coming in the name of His Son.
Our joy gets a huge shot in the arm when we see fellow believers making progress in their faith.
Jesus’ followers have joy, because we know that God will someday glorify us by purifying us from every vestige of sin and fallenness.
Have joy in Jesus. That is God’s advice to us in these verses.
One of the ways God fills us with joy is that He enlarges our hearts so they can make room for the joys of others.
Our two passages for today indicate how the truth is something that fuels our joy in Jesus.
Paul was having a difficult time in his life, but then along comes Titus!
The Heart And Health Of Christian Joy - Matthew 13.44 (Spiritual Renovation - Part 4)
Part of spiritual renovation is tending to the fire of our joy in Jesus Christ.
This psalm reminds us that Christians experience a fullness of joy because of our experience of the presence of God.
The Value Of A Father's Good Name - Proverbs 22.1
Even a poor man can leave behind a rich name.
What Difference Does A Percentage Make? - Matthew 13.44-45 (Spiritual Renovation - Part 3)
The church doesn’t have an IRS because we aren’t supposed to need one.
Our Nearest Mission Field - Matthew 19.13-15 (Spiritual Renovation - Part 2)
We only engage the mission fields that we actually see, even if it is in our own homes.
Let People Trip Over Jesus - 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.4 (Spiritual Renovation - Part 1)
God knows that He has given us a message that will offensive to many people around us … but He wants that to be the only offensive thing about us.
Fight Night - Lefty v. Fatty - Judges 3.12-30
The honesty with which God’s Word describes reality gives us confidence that God is present in the kind of mess that our lives turn into sometimes.
It is tempting to take Jesus’ words here as a promise that we will never experience a lack of food or clothing, but that is never a promise we are given.