Tag Archives: Bible Teaching

Life In Focus 7/08/2023

Leadership Principles From Nehemiah – 6 Leaders Resist Underhanded Politics (Nehemiah 6:5-9). HAVING failed to intimidate Nehemiah into stopping the work, Sanballat and his followers tried smear tactics to shut the project down (Nehemiah 6:5–7). Frustrated opponents often resort to … Continue reading

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God’s Clock Is Never Wrong

For Saturday July 8, 2023 Acts 1:7 [Jesus] said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.” A story is told of a man who rushed into … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 7/08/2023

I am ready to preach the gospel – Romans 1:15 Billy Graham Times like this will do one of two things: They will either make us hard and bitter and angry at God, or they will make us TENDER and … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 7/08/2023

A High Class Person Amos answered Amaziah, “I was neither a prophet nor the son of a prophet, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the LORD took me from tending the flock … Continue reading

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Jesus Is Coming Again! – 16

Scripture Text – Matthew 24:3-14 The Meeting In The Air Every unbeliever will be left behind. The unsaved dead will remain in their graves and their souls will be in torment, not to be raised until a thousand years later. … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/07/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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1 Timothy 6:17

Friday July 7, 2023 1 Timothy 6:17 Fight the good fight of faith. Victory over sin is from first to last a victory of faith. It is so from the very moment of conversion. To be converted does not mean … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/07/2023

Nostalgia: My Old Friend Regret and nostalgia can destroy lives. They are mirrored ideas with the same pitfalls: neither can change the past, and both keep us from living in the present. When we live wishfully rather than interacting with … Continue reading

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The Kingdom of Heaven

Scripture Reference: Matthew 13 He spoke many things to them in parables . . . John the Baptist would pause and ask honest questions when things didn’t add up or make sense to him. We shouldn’t be afraid to do … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/06/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Vision and Reality

Thursday July 6, 2023 Isaiah 35:7 The parched ground shall become a pool. We always have visions before a thing is made real. When we realize that although the vision is real, it is not real in us, then is … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/06/2023

Cry Out Like the Psalmist We often read the very bold psalms of the Bible without really reading them. We’re used to their cadence, their cries, and their requests. They seem appropriate in contexts where war, death, and enemies or … Continue reading

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The Victory of The King – 4

Scripture Reference: Matthew 28 They Shared the Good News with Others (Matthew 28:16–20) – Continued Christianity is a missionary faith. The very nature of God demands this, for God is love and God is not willing that any should perish … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/05/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Song of Solomon 4:12

Wednesday July 5, 2023 Song of Solomon 4:12 A garden enclosed. The figure here is a garden enclosed, not a wilderness. The garden soil is a cultivated soil, very different from the roadside or the wilderness. The idea of a … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/05/2023

In the Moment of Weakness All leaders have their moments of weakness. But without such times, they wouldn’t stretch themselves (and that would mean they weren’t really in God’s will). It’s not that these moments shouldn’t happen, but we should … Continue reading

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The Victory of The King – 3

Scripture Reference: Matthew 28 They Met the Living Christ Personally (Matthew 28:9–15) – Continued By examining this story, we see that it actually proves the resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Jesus’ body was stolen, then it was taken either by … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/04/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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The Sympathy of the Two Worlds

Tuesday July 4, 2023 Luke 5:10 “There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” Our text tells us that the angels of God rejoice over repenting sinners. How is that? They are … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/04/2023

Jesus Christ (Meant to Be) the Superstar Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, is certainly incorrect (and rather heretical) in its portrayal of history, but it got one thing right: Jesus is meant to be the celebrity. He—no one … Continue reading

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