Good Morning Friends, Maybe we are more concerned about appearing Christian than we are with being the Christian God designed us to be. Oh, it is not necessarily a sin to be handsome or beautiful physically. But if we are going to have any successes in ministry, whatever our calling, it has got to be … Continue reading What Is The Perfect Appearance Of A Christian Leader? →

Good Morning Friends, Sometimes people are suffering and need a miracle. Sometimes people do things that are not healthy for themselves and others and need intervention. Sometimes we just need to call out for help in faith and sometimes we need to grow up. So, Is Your Spiritual Health Improving?  Scripture: And so, brothers and sisters, I … Continue reading Is Your Spiritual Health Improving? →

Good Morning Friends,  The work of the Holy Spirit occurs repeatedly in one’s life and the life of the church dealing with evil. Some expressions of the church even deal with evil angels. So, when we pray for God to rule on earth as in heaven there is always a bit of tension in this … Continue reading How Are We To Deal With Demons? →

Good Morning Friends, Many people during the time of Paul’s letters to the Corinthians thought they were wise and that the things of this Christian God he wrote about were ridiculous. They saw the preaching of the cross as foolishness. As Christians however, we know that preaching about the work of the Holy Spirit is … Continue reading How Are You At Extending Your Experience Of God From A Worship Space To A Worship Place? →

Good Morning Friends, Today we explore the thought that everything good we have in this life is a gift of God so that we can enjoy God in our life. It brings us to the reality that we do not really own anything but would like to think we do. In fact most people would … Continue reading Where Did Jesus Get All This Wisdom and Power? →

Good Morning Friends,  No one likes to be told that they are sinners especially in earshot of others. The opportunities around such a situation can lead the unscrupulous to schemes of emotional blackmail. People of faith can be manipulated by such situations. In fact, they may be particularly vulnerable to such people. That is why … Continue reading Are We Prepared Emotionally To Please God? →

Good Morning Friends, I was listening to a Christian radio station in the car and the topic was about seeing the face of Jesus in heaven and it got me thinking about what I believed in that regard and how I would imagine now what Jesus might look to me then. Well, if you do … Continue reading Are You A Living Example Of Someone Working Responsibly Preparing To Meet Jesus? →

Good Morning Friends, Today we continue to read about the woes of the places and people of worship and the need for them to be cleaned from the inside and the thing is that it is not just in scripture, but in the world in which we live. It would seem the Holy Spirit is … Continue reading What Could Happen Next? →

Good Morning Friends, In today’s lectionary passage from Matthew Jesus rips into religious hypocrites that had created their own brand of legalism to perpetuate their own power. The Pharisees were not demonic, evil people but had fallen into a way of worship that was self-serving. And it is easy for us to do the same … Continue reading In Our Effort To Look Good Do We Forget What A Model Church Looks Like? →

Good Morning Friends, One of the songs we have stopped singing in Church is Onward Christian Soldier. It is no longer politically correct. And yet today as we look at two related images of how Christians are to behave both on and off the battlefield against sin, it seems rather appropriate. For here we discover that … Continue reading Is Your Language And Behavior Outfitted For Success In The Spirit Of Christ When You Pray? →