Archive for 'Grace'

Commitment in Stewardship

Luke 12: 39-48 Eph 3: 2-12 / Is 12: 2-6 Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more. (Luke 12:48) For the gifts God has entrusted, A faithful servant is required; So the work from us expected Must not leave much [...]

The Poor Rich

Mark 10: 17-27 1 Pt 1: 3-9 / Ps 111: 1-2, 5-6, 9, 10 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God. (Mark 10:25) What worth are all the world’s treasure If in the end I lose my [...]

The Things We Take for Granted

Mark 9: 41-50 Jas 5: 1-6 / Ps 49: 14-20 I tell you the truth, anyone who gives you a cup of water in my name because you belong to Christ will certainly not lose his reward. (Mark 9: 41) Do not drive away from your door The poor, the sick and unwanted; Might be [...]

Nourished by the Bread of Life

John 6: 22-29 Acts 6: 8-15 / Ps 119: 23-24, 26-27, 29-30 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. (John 6:27) Seek God not in signs or raptures, Nor in material needs fulfilled; Find Him in the [...]

Seeing with the Heart

John 1: 45-51 Rv 21:9-14/Ps 145:10-13,17-18 Before Philip called you I saw you under the fig tree. (John 1:48) Like Nathaniel we sometimes doubt, We don’t believe until we see… God touched our hearts we soon found out Sin kept us bound, Christ set us free. When Philip became a follower of Jesus, he went [...]

God’s Brand of Justice

Matthew 20: 1-16 Jgs 9:6-15/Ps 21:2-7 What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Don’t I have the right to do as I please with my money? Why be envious of my generosity? (Matthew 20:14-15) Though unfair at first it may seem, Who can ever fathom God’s ways? Not by [...]