Perfect Peace

When we hear the word “peace” we may instinctively think of a calm summer night with a beautiful sunset covering a quiet lake. No phone calls, noise, or responsibilities to disturb our tranquility. Pretty peaceful, right? And thank God for those occasional vacations...

Possible Or Impossible?

Oftentimes we Christians in casual conversation speak words that convey our lack of faith in the Lord. We communicate doubt, excuses, and downright displeasure with what He’s doing in our lives. We also talk about God as if He were a mere mortal like ourselves. We say...

The Submissive Mind

What joy there is in submission to the leading of the Lord. We find in our Scriptures this morning (Phil 2:19-30) three men of God walking in submission to the leading of God’s Spirit. This submissive mind is what the mind of Christ4 is all about. As I prepared this...

Salt and Peace

Mark 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. Salt and Peace. This is the will of God for every Christian, and for every church. God’s will is that we be salty...

Worshipping God

Jesus said that the Father is seeking people who will worship Him “in spirit and in truth.” Paul wrote to the church at Philippi that we who are in Christ are the truly circumcised who worship God in the Spirit. Today we see that living a Word-centered life is the...