Anointing, not eloquence

by | May 23, 2020 | Contemporary Christianity

1 Corinthians 2.1-5 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness,...

Unmovable in Christ

by | May 22, 2020 | Devotionals

Acts 20.24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. The apostle Paul’s primary duty and...

The Liberty to Love One Another

by | May 21, 2020 | Devotionals

Please read Galatians 5.1-15 In our devotional passages this morning, the apostle Paul digs the cleats of his feet shod with the gospel of peace into the proverbial ground and simply declares to the people of God, stand fast in the liberty where Christ has set us...

Jesus is our Jubilee

by | May 20, 2020 | Devotionals

Luke 4.18-21 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are...

Mightier than I!

by | May 19, 2020 | Devotionals

Mark 1.7,8 There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. These are the words of John the baptizer. He poses himself...