Index
SECTIONS
Your Relationship with God
Fellowship
Love
Serving
The Book of John
The Book of Acts
The Book of Romans
The Book of James
The Teachings of Jesus
Your Relationship with God
Our lives are dependent on the blood flowing through our bodies. Our spirit is dependent on the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
We can consolidate the Bible down to three things: The battle between good and evil, our salvation, and following Jesus Christ.
A collection of Brief Devotionals (under 5 minutes) on the Book of Acts. Discover how the Christian church was born.
A selection of Brief Devotionals to help you identify God’s clear direction and your personal path forward.
THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
It’s not possible to describe all that Jesus means to us. He is all things. We can find Him in every aspect of our lives.
This collection of brief devotionals will help you find a new connection to God and a reaffirmation of your reasons for trusting Jesus.
A list of blog posts that will challenge you to consider the role God is playing in your life. Listen for the voice of God as you read.
Following Jesus Christ is your path to victory. The Bible is your guide book. More mature Christians, should be your travel companions.
Being a Christian is not always easy. No matter what our struggles might be, it’s important for us to stand strong in our faith.
Seven brief Bible study devotionals designed to help you organize your thoughts about God and push away the distractions of the world.
A collection of brief devotionals and Bible studies to help you focus on your relationshipw with God in worship and fellowship with others.
A collection of links to various blog posts that are concerned with serving God and our personal connection to God.
Links to a collection of blog posts that will challenge you to slow down and take stock of your walk with Jesus.
You need a relationship with God to know what He wants from you.
How to use the Internet to help others find God
A long list of reasons to move closer to God
Suggestions on how to connect with God through prayer
WHY YOU CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MONEY
Everything we have belongs to God.
THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH
Seeking to meet God’s standard in our own power is absolutely impossible.
THE WAY OF WORLD IS NOT THE WAY OF THE PEACE
When we turn our gaze toward Jesus and seek to follow His teaching, everything changes.
God will be with you no matter what you’re going through.
A list of simple steps to help you move closer to God
STANDING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD
Your faith in Jesus Christ has made God available to you whenever you need Him.
Study of a list of qualities that should be inside of each and every Christian believer
Like any other relationship, staying connected takes a sincere effort on your part.
When we focus on God, the prize is guaranteed.
Carefully consider your walk with the Lord and make certain you are on the right path.
Hardship is an opportunity to experience the power of God.
Your faith in God is the assurance that all will be made right.
The empty tomb was designed to demonstrate that God is in complete control.
A detailed study of the Bible will solidify your relationship with God.
A list of steps to help you focus on God and develop a solid foundation
A consideration of how we are best connected to God
A summary of the teaching found in the Parables of Jesus
A fundamental understanding of God, the Bible, and Salvation
A list of reasons why we all need God
How to overcome the devil
YOUR PLACE IN THE BODY OF CHRIST
How to discover and nourish your role in the Body of Christ
God will turn your suffering into enormous gain.
The Bible is not a rule book; it is your training manual.
You are God’s work in progress. Let him take control.
Our belief in one God is central to who we are as followers of Jesus Christ.
God still has the final say.
Our God is the essence of greatness.
Consider how our journey with God started.
Spend some time alone with God seeking clear direction and he will guide you toward your personal mission.
Let your light shine!
God had designed you just the way you are.
We only know a tiny fraction of all that Jesus did during his ministry.
Take charge of what you grow in your life.
All our questions about God will one day be answered.
Praise God that we have been transformed! Praise God for giving us the power to overcome the evil of this world.
Jesus will return one day. There’s nothing we should want more than to be found to be a ready servant on His arrival.
Stand up for Jesus by following his teaching and demonstrating to those around you the value of knowing our Savior Jesus Christ.
We can’t be resistant to change. As followers of Jesus Christ, the path we take needs to be His path and not our own.
Fellowship
How to find a good church/worship experience
Great things can be accomplished when churches work together.
Working together as one body is the key to success in our walk with the Lord.
Listen to many teachers and consider many points of view while diligently pursuing your own personal study of the Bible.
An essential part of being a Christian is to have fellowship with other believers.
Christian fellowship starts with Jesus.
Where you worship is not as important as who you worship.
The ultimate guide for following Jesus is the Word of God.
Fellowship with God starts with your love for Jesus.
Use your wisdom from God to make peace.
Followers of Jesus should be working together.
God wants all of you.
Look for the path that will benefit others.
The church needs to train believers for revival.
Love
God wants you to respond in all situations with love
SERVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART
Take God with you wherever you go and respond in all situations with love
You have been granted the ability to transmit God’s love into the lives of those around you.
Compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, bounded together with love.
When you make a decision to follow Jesus, you have made a decision to walk in the light.
Our common goal is to serve God by loving one another.
Serving
Material wealth seems to be the solution to most problems, but ultimately, as our Lord points out, true wealth is found elsewhere.
Connected through the Spirit of God, we become stronger with each person joining into that connection fuled by love.
What would happen if every follower of Jesus Christ planned for one more hour of helping others this week?
All followers of Jesus Christ are wilderness guides. We lead by example. We are always ready to share the details of our faith.
Our time, our money, our personal possessions, and our emotional support are all resources that God has provided for us to share with others.
When every member of the body of Christ are working together as they should, extraordinary things can be accomplished.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, you were most likely selected by God before you were born. God selected you to be his representative.
Followers of Jesus Christ are blessed with a reservoir of spiritual endurance that provides unlimited potential.
Bible study can be challenging. Several tools are provided in this post that make finding clear Biblical direction quick and easy.
We each have a different route to take in our effort to serve God. Here you will find several options to help you plan your journey.
I would like to hear your thoughts and experiences. How might we as followers of Jesus Christ better serve God by serving others?
Look for opportunities to serve those around you
PROMINENT PASTORS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS ON SERVING GOD
Different views on what it means to serve God
SERVING GOD BY SERVING OTHERS TOGETHER
Working as a team to serve God brings great reward.
A true follower of Jesus pushes the devil aside and makes the time to take action.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF
A consideration of the best way to help panhandlers
Our motivation for service to others should strictly be inspired by our love for God.
You have been crucified with Christ when you have transformed your life in service to God.
As followers of Jesus, we should also imitate His way of life by loving and sacrificially serving others.
Our mission as believers is to help others enjoy the same joyful spirit that has been given to us.
As a follower of Jesus, our lives need to be in constant service to God.
When you take what you learn and put it into action, you will be blessed.
If you’re going to serve God, you need to be ready for an attack from the enemy.
How you can share your faith with others
Taking what Christianity has without giving back is consumer Christianity.
Followers of Jesus should do and teach as He did.
You get what you give.
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The Book of John
A collection of Brief Bible Devotionals (under 5 minutes) that will take you through the Gospel of John from beginning to end.
Stay focused on Jesus and follow His commands.
The resurrection of Jesus.
The events that took Jesus to the cross.
Jesus is God.
Jesus teaches us that the love of God powers everything.
Before Jesus left this world he promised victory.
Jesus commands His followers to love one another.
Jesus continued to teach as He was about to die.
Many have a hard time seeing Jesus.
Jesus establishes His true identity.
The divine presence of Jesus.
An introduction to the Gospel of John
The Book of Acts
Once you are connected to God through the gift of the Holy Spirit, you are in a position to be used by God in a miraculous way.
Our miraculous powers are brought to life when we stand together in service to God, following the teachings of Jesus.
If we follow religious leaders without checking their words against our own personal study of the Bible, we are turning our back on God.
The apostles actually enjoyed being flogged – they were proud to suffer pain like Jesus. And they continued to share the gospel.
God’s temple is now inside of all the followers of Jesus Christ where the Holy Spirit has taken up residence.
Make an effort to share the word wherever you go, just as the Apostles and disciples did in Jerusalem, Samaria, and beyond.
God is in complete control and can instantly turn hatred into love. God can make the blind see and He can bring the dead back to life.
We have the ability to access the awesome power of God by going to our knees and acting out of sincere love for God.
Our mission as true believers is to make certain all feel welcome to seek and know the saving grace of God through Jesus Christ.
The church as a disjointed conglomerate of varying ideologies is a diluted version of the true Christian church.
Persecution of the church will always exist, however there is nothing the enemy can do to slow God’s plan. God’s love is like a freight train.
We can’t let those trying to distract and disrupt stop us from spreading the Word. We just need to keep going.
God has a purpose for our struggle. Praise God for every difficult step. Like the apostle Paul, we need to continue to climb toward God.
Salvation by grace was the automatic transmission of the early church and put the missionary work of the apostles into overdrive.
God’s path for your life is never a straight line. It is a meandering road with a complex mixture of struggle and joy.
Idols can become powerful tools of manipulation for the devil to distract and consume the souls of those who are caught up in their snares.
When we look at the life of the apostle Paul, we have to conclude that being a follower of Jesus Christ is not a ticket to an easy life.
The apostle Paul was committed to the truth and nothing could disrupt his preaching the way of Jesus Christ.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, we need to trust the Lord is with us in every situation. Never let go of your dependency on Him.
While the Apostle Paul’s journey to Rome was a long and difficult one, it is clear it was all part of God’s grand plan.
The Book of Romans
We bring glory to God when we represent ourselves as one spirit, forming the body of Christ through our collective love for each other.
PRESCRIPTION FOR CHRISTIAN LIVING
This is the best summation of what it means to be a Christian. The apostle Paul has bundled everything into a tidy package.
Only when we realize God is completely in charge and humble ourselves before Him, are we eligible to receive His mercy.
Once you step over the threshold of faith and place your trust in Jesus Christ nothing can take away your connection to God.
God has created us in such a way that we will need to constantly wrestle with sin in order to thrive in the eternal world to come.
Our eternal existence was cut short by the deception of the devil and now as believers we are guaranteed a place in eternity.
By the grace of God we have been granted a means of escape from this battle and a future filled with peace and joy in the kingdom of heaven.
When we place our faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, it is credited to us as righteousness. We have received our justification.
We are truly successful when we can switch on the autopilot and operate without a cheat sheet. Our faith in Jesus gives us that confidence.
A pure heart focused on serving God by serving others is far superior to any number of religious rituals we attempt to follow.
We are lost. Reading the instructions found in the Bible can save us all from unneeded frustration and despair.
Romans is a book about the righteousness of God, how God rescues the world through Jesus; and most importantly, this is a story about unity.
The Book of James
The book of James is a well-crafted conglomeration of Biblical wisdom designed to point followers of Jesus Christ in the right direction.
Fill your hear with the Word of God.
Make sure you are ready of Jesus to return.
We wait with awesome anticipation for the return of Jesus.
God is the ultimate authority.
Move closer to God and discover true peace and joy.
Serving others is true success.
Speak in a manner that would make God proud.
Praise God for your salvation.
Every man is the same in the eyes of God.
Control your emotions with the help of Jesus.
Your walk with Jesus requires hard work.
The Teachings of Jesus
A collection of Brief Bible Devotionals (under 5 minutes) on the most important instruction ever recorded – that is the teachings of Jesus.
There is no better friend than Jesus. That friendship is available to anyone willing to listen to His instruction.
Followers of Jesus Christ should be prepared. We don’t know when Jesus will return so we need to be ready every moment of every day.
Those who do not know God run around chasing material wealth. Those who know God rest in the knowledge that He will always take care of them.
The enemy will one day be completely destroyed. Until that day, stay close to Jesus, and you too will find victory.
When Jesus returns, all of the false teachers will suffer greatly for their selfish gain gathered by exploiting God’s Word.
Every misstep is an opportunity to demonstrate God’s love and mercy by offering unconditional forgiveness to our fellow believers.
What matters is that you have put your faith and trust in Jesus. We should be all about encouraging others to do the same.
If we truly trust God like, we will follow the path He places before us without hesitation. His will above our own should be our focus.
When we make a decision to follow Jesus, and put our faith in Him, we become more valuable than gold nuggets and become children of God.
God has provided us with a way to conquer our human nature and achieve eternal life with Him in the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus did not teach some theoretical doctrine. He turned on a light to reveal the inner workings of God’s Creation.
Christianity was started by one man – Jesus – who was sent by God to the earth to save humans from death caused by unrighteousness.
Our eternal existence must somehow be enhanced by the experience of sorting through good and evil on a daily basis.
The moment a new believer blossoms into a sincere follower of Jesus Christ, God is quick to gather that ripe fruit into His kingdom.
Jesus is not interested in followers who take short cuts or are so distracted with life they are not fully devoted to His teaching.
Our response to Jesus Christ determines our eternal destiny. Jesus rose from the dead and has taken his place at the right hand of God.
When you take on the yoke of Jesus you are making a commitment to follow His teaching central of which is to love your neighbor.
When we venture out to share the gospel with anyone we are traveling with Jesus. And if we are traveling with Jesus, we are doing God’s work.
The harvest is plentiful and the workers are few today. Is God calling you out into the field to seek and save the lost?
The only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. When you stand firmly on that, understand your salvation is secure.
Rather than judging others, we are far better off to offer understanding and actually provide assistance of some kind.
Jesus taught that we are to dedicate our lives to serving God and allow Him to take control of our lives guiding us to our destination.
Our most precious treasure is that which has been generated by a heart focused on serving God by serving others.
The Lord’s Prayer demonstrates that prayer is a simple personal conversation with God and not a spectacle designed to impress those listening.
True righteousness seeks the will of God and His blessing without recognition from others. True righteousness does not seek attention.
Jesus demonstrated that a critical ingredient was missing from the practice of the law – the spirit of the law was being neglected.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, what you say and how you act, should lead others to Jesus and glorify your heavenly Father.
Jesus came to let us know that righteousness can only be attained through the absolute, unalterable holiness of God.
Jesus made a substantial case for his deity and the New Testament provides us with an overwhelming revelation of the truth – Jesus is Lord
Jesus had offered Himself as Messiah-Savior to the Samaritans and many were eager to drink from the well of living water.
There is no coercion on the part of our Lord – He’s made the offer and it’s up to us to move toward the light.
Jesus was giving Nicodemus the simple message that he only needed to believe and trust Jesus to be born again.
Stay in the Word of God and the Word of God will stay in you, protecting you from the schemes of the devil.
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