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? →

How Are We Encouraging Others To Mature In The Faith?  Good Morning Friends,  Somedays I think that if I did not say a word I might avoid saying something I would regret but then I weigh that against not reassuring people on the journey with a witness of my trust in God and my mouth … Continue reading How Are We Encouraging Others To Mature In The Faith? →

Are You Trusting In The Lord To Work In Your World?  Good Morning Friends,  Over the last week we have been following the lectionary and the story of the start of the Church including the missionary journeys of some of the cast of characters. Today we also include a Gospel reading that reminds us of … Continue reading Are You Trusting In The Lord To Work In Your World? →

Just Why Do We Share The Gospel?  Good Morning Friends,  Now with people like Stephen getting stoned to death and others persecuted, incarcerated and suffering one would naturally begin to reconsider the reasons behind putting oneself at risk. So today we will have a little review about what it means to look like an angel, … Continue reading Just Why Do We Share The Gospel? →

What Kind Of Christian Are You?  Good Morning Friends,  Today we continue the journey following the spread of the Christian faith and we learn a lot from the stories of Cornelius and Peter and Barnabas and Paul about what it means to be in unity in a movement of faith and the excitement associated with … Continue reading What Kind Of Christian Are You? →