Almost five years ago we started sending free copies of my books to prisoners across America. Through a partnership with […]
Text: II Timothy 2:14-26I remember a church picnic we had when I was pastoring in Rockford. Everything was great except that it was […]
Text: Titus 1:15; 1 Timothy 4:2The conscience is the soul’s automatic warning system. We will discover more about its purpose as we focus on its four roles: a witness, a prosecutor, a defender, and a judge.
Text: 1 Samuel 24:1-15Build your life on Jesus Christ and you will never be disappointed, and those who know you will be sorry to see you go.
Text: 2 Timothy 2:1-13Today we are beginning a summer series from the little book of II Timothy. People sometimes wonder how pastors choose […]
Text: II Timothy 1Are you looking around and complaining, or are you looking up and comprehending? As God eavesdrops on our lives, He makes a distinction between those who know Him and those who do not. We see this in the last verse of Malachi 3: “And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Text: Malachi 3:13-18Loving your enemies is the final step in forgiveness. When Jesus walks with us, we will find the strength to love our enemies and to bless those who curse us.
Text: Luke 6:27-36Without forgiveness, there is no future, no freedom, and no healing. But where there is forgiveness, there is grace and mercy and a future as bright as the promises of God.
Text: Ephesians 4:29-32Blessings come to those who tithe and amazingly, Malachi 3:11 states that God will keep certain bad things from happening when we give Him our first fruits. When we give, we put ourselves in a position to trust God to meet all my needs. In addition, God declares in verse 12 that His plan for global evangelization will be met. Can you imagine what would happen to the cause of missions if every believer would give at least 10% to kingdom purposes?
Text: Malachi 3:6-12Jesus sometimes puts us in the fire in order to purify us until He can see His image in us. Remember that He prunes so that we can grow because He is much more interested in our character than He is in our comfort. He takes His launderer’s soap and cleans us so that we’re forgiven. Isaiah 1:18: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
Text: Malachi 2:17-3:5