What Opens Your Heart?  Good Morning Friends,  That gift and spark that makes a relationship alive in the personality of Jesus is indeed powerful. I think we get a picture of this happening in the story of Lydia and Paul when truth is revealed in the sharing of the Gospel. Here we learn about love … Continue reading What Opens Your Heart? →

How Much Free Will Do We Really Have?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we practice focusing our attention on the power of the Holy Spirit in giving us proper perspective to guide our actions toward our own salvation and sanctification. Today we attempt to weave today's scripture into an insight related to today's question relevant for … Continue reading How Much Free Will Do We Really Have? →

Do You Know What True Friendship Is All About?  Good Morning Friends,  Jesus tells us that we are his friends, but I doubt that everyone grasps what this means in extending the faith to Gentiles in the early church…and to our neighbors today. Jesus does not call us acquaintances. There is more going on here … Continue reading Do You Know What True Friendship Is All About? →

How Real Is The Resurrection In Your Life?  Good Morning Friends,  As we approach Pentecost we circle back to look that how rebirth fits into the storyline and of course it is the most fundamental doctrine that we hold, for without the resurrection there is no Christianity. It is the power of revitalization that gives … Continue reading How Real Is The Resurrection In Your Life? →

Are You Following The Gospel of Man?  Good Morning Friends,  Law keeping may keep some in proper behavior but it just does not alone show forth the maturity that Christ desires for us. Behavior motivated externally has the form of Godliness but is not true righteousness and does not heal. Faith and trust is just … Continue reading Are You Following The Gospel of Man? →

Are You Willing To Proclaim The Good News At The Risk Of Suffering For Christ?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we continue to explore the work of the Holy Spirit that began at creation and is available to us right now received by faith and fulfilled in the completed work of Jesus manifesting itself in our … Continue reading Are You Willing To Proclaim The Good News At The Risk Of Suffering For Christ? →