Tag Archives: Gospel-Centered

Luke 22:15

Friday February 2, 2024 Luke 22:15 “I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.” It is sad to think of all the believers who for one reason or another neglect the Communion Table. There are … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/02/2024

Love, Praise, Forgiveness Our praise for God is often directly connected to accepting and confessing our brokenness. Our capacity to love Him is tied to the realization of how much He has forgiven us. The woman in Luke 7 who … Continue reading

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Valuable Instructions of God’s Word – 2

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 It is not being sincere in what you believe that will get you saved; it is believing in the right thing, the truth, that will accomplish the goal. I once read an illustration about a … Continue reading

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Praise The Lord 2/01/2024

How Majestic Is His Name! O Lord, our Lord, Your majestic name fills the earth! Your glory is higher than the heavens. When I look at the night sky and see the work of Your fingers— the moon and the … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/01/2024

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 Call of God

Thursday February 1, 2024 1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel. Paul states here that the call of God is to preach the gospel; but remember what Paul means by “the … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/01/2024

Borrowed Imagery In the Old Testament, Yahweh regularly explains Himself by using imagery familiar to the time. Sometimes Yahweh even uses images associated with other gods to emphasize that He—and not the gods of other nations—has authority over the earth. … Continue reading

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Valuable Instructions of God’s Word – 1

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14 In this lesson I want to give you five important applications of the Word of God. Since it is His verbally inspired revelation, it is the best source we have to showcase the five needs … Continue reading

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Praise The Lord 1/31/2024

Our Shield of Love You, O Lord, are a shield around us; You are our glory, the One who holds our head high. We cry out to the Lord, and He answers us from His holy mountain. We lay down … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 1/31/2024

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 Corinthians 1:30

Wednesday January 31, 2024 1 Corinthians 1:30 Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption. More and more we are coming to see the supreme importance of getting the right conception of sanctification, not … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 1/31/2024

Distortion If attending church and small group or even reading the Bible and praying become activities that we do out of obligation, then we have a bigger problem than we might realize. If our hearts are disengaged, our religious motions … Continue reading

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Do You Have to Go Home?

Note: This is a special Life In Focus. This is a lengthy testimony and usually I would break it up into daily parts, but due to the possible impact this testimony may have, I am going to separate it into … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 1/30/2024

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 Shameful Sufferer

Tuesday January 30, 2024 Hebrews 12:2 Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. You have an enemy who all his … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 1/30/2024

Raise the Signal The Bible echoes with great battle cries: “Raise a signal on a bare hill, lift up your voice to them; wave the hand. . . . A sound of the roar of the kingdoms, of nations gathering! … Continue reading

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Practical Benefits of the Gospel – 3

Scripture Reference: Romans 5:1-11 The love of God is completely supernatural and otherworldly. He demonstrated or shows His marvelous love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. If we ask why He did it, … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 1/29/2024

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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Take Your Cowboy God

Monday January 29, 2024 Psalm 8:1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Christianity at any given time is strong or weak depending upon her concept … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 1/29/2024

Feeling Entitled Familiarity breeds contempt, so the saying goes. But the line from Aesop’s fable “The Fox and the Lion” wasn’t meant to imply that we often take those closest to us for granted. Rather, the fox fails to properly … Continue reading

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