Don’t Be Ordinary — Be Extraordinary Isaiah 62:11-12 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.” And they shall be called The Holy People, the redeemed Read more
We Should Go to the “Church of the Home” Seven Days a Week “Icon Corner” by Ted ©2011, Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 Psalm 88:8(9) Every day I call upon You, O Lord; I spread out my hands to You. In the last reflection, we discussed how the primary activity of Read more
The Primary Activity in a Church Must Be Worship Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8 The most important thing that happens at a church is worship. Every church has a certain number of people who worship every Sunday. There is another number that worships periodically. There Read more
The Primary Emphasis Needs to Be a Relationship with Jesus Christ “Hearers & Doers” Every one then who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock; and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds Read more
SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS SECOND SUNDAY OF LUKE Stop Obsessing About Credit Gospel for the Second Sunday of Luke The Lord said, “As you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even Read more
SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS Follow in the Footsteps of Jesus Epistle for the 2nd Sunday of Luke For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the Read more
Make a Mantra and Use It I love Thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in Whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, Who is Read more
Go Do It CONCLUSION PART XVII “Tightrope 1” by Tom à la rue is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, strengthening Him. Luke 22:43 The night before His passion, Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. He asked His disciples to “watch” Read more
Proclaim Encouragement from the Rooftops CONCLUSION PART XVI Jesus said, “A man once gave a great banquet and invited many; and at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, ‘Come, for all is now ready.’ But they all alike began Read more
Are You All In? CONCLUSION PART XV As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause, Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number. Job 5:8-9 Several years ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey Team had a marketing campaign, entitled “All In.” Read more
We Can All Solve This Problem CONCLUSION PART XIV Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Paschal lamb, has been Read more
A Son, a Mother, a Scribe, the Church, and the Gospel SUNDAY EPISTLES & GOSPELS Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian Gospel from the Falling Asleep of St. John the Evangelist and Theologian Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary Read more