One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. —Proverbs 18:9              Slack work causes destruction in many ways.  Those who are slack in their work don’t only impact themselves, but they impact others as well.  Those— We seem to be living in a time where so many only do what they need to do in the workplace.  I know that is a general statement and it has probably always been like this to some degree.  We have observed it in our workplace and have heard from others who have observed it in their workplaces as well. Unfortunately, this destructive slacking is in the professing church…

Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” —Acts 21:13              How challenging this is to me!  Is it to you?  The brothers and sisters knew Paul would be arrested as prophesied by Agabus.  They pleaded with Paul that he not go up to Jerusalem.  How did Paul respond?  He said, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”  So, the question I have for…

You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. —Acts 20:20 However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. —Acts 20:24 In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ —Acts 20:35              God’s Word is to be…

Praise the Lord.  How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! —Psalm 147:1 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.  Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. —Psalm 147:4-5 Praise our Lord.  Sing songs of praise to Him.  It is pleasant and fitting to praise him!  So, let’s do so!  Lord— So let us praise our Lord in song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moL8iDWiyRQ&list=RDmoL8iDWiyRQ&start_radio=1 Thank Your Creator of all, for Your love.  We love You because You first loved us.  May I encourage others to love You as well and to live for You…

He did evil in the eyes of the Lord… —II Kings 13:2 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord… —II Kings 14:3 The Lord loves the righteous. —Psalm 146:8              Brothers and sisters, fellow followers/disciples of Jesus, “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good” (Romans 12:9).  How does our Lord see you?  “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account” (Hebrews 4:13).  Praise God that He does not look at a snapshot of our lives and condemn us for that one picture of failure.  No, He…

Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom. —Psalm 145:3 All your works praise you, Lord; your faithful people extol you.  They tell of the glory of your kingdom and speak of your might, so that all people may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.  Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations.  The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. —Psalm 145:10-13              How great is our Lord?  Just look around at what He has created!  Songbirds are chirping out the melodies He has given them.  Clouds burst forth their…

When Paul and his companions… came to Thessalonica… on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah,” he said. Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women. —Acts 17:1-4 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. As a result, many of them…

About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. —Acts 16:25 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household. —Acts 16:32-34 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in…

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Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the believers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.” —Acts 15:36  So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers. —Acts 16:5 On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord…