What is the one area of the Bible that you want to make sure you are correct about? God? Holy Spirit? Who am I? I would contend that the one area that we all want to make sure we are correct about is “Where will you spend eternity?” Today if you ask most people if they are going to heaven, they will say “I hope so!” or “I wish I knew”. In John 20:31, he makes it clear that the words that are written in his gospel were put there that we might believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that believing this truth you will have eternal life. Salvation is the gift of God, that He gives us by His grace. We do not earn that gift (Ephesians 2:8-9) but receive it through faith in Christ alone. But how can we be certain that is true? What gives me the right to say that if we seek salvation by any other means, we are wrong about our faith? Let’s start that thinking with a simple verse that Jesus shares with the disciples in John 14:6 when He is talking to them just prior to His … READ MORE

We are reminded in 1 Corinthians 11:26 that as we participate at the Lord’s Supper we have the ability to “proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.” How do we do that? First of all, by living with a grateful heart for all that the Lord has done for us. We need to learn how to be grateful, since it becomes natural to always want more! Second, we share what God has done for us to others; giving Him the glory for all that He has done and is doing. Finally, we proclaim the Lord’s death, by allowing the Word of God to alter our lives. We no longer live for ourselves, we live for the Lord. As we do these things we direct peoples attention to God and His goodness! Choose today, to live in gratitude for all that God is doing, and share what He is doing with those who are around you, allowing the working of God to make you a new person.… READ MORE

A friend of mine was walking through Psalm 122 one Wednesday night, and he said, Worship is an act that develops our feelings for God. It got me to start thinking and ask how does worship develop our feelings for God. I thought of the Lord’s Supper, and in 1 Corinthians 15:3 we are old that Christ died for our sins. As we think of this, we see that first of all this should provide a “Wow!” moment as we realize that Christ died for OUR SINS! That is followed by an “AWE” moment as we understand that Christ DIED for our sins, and finally we are reminded that we have an “EYE-OPENING moment as we are confronted with the reality that CHRIST died for us. All this is tied together by the fact that according to 1 Corinthians 15:3 that it was all done according to the Scripture. This was not a side plan or a plan “B”, This was God’s plan from the outset of creation! WOW! Stop today and allow that to sink in, and it should cause you to respond with a great deal of emotion.… READ MORE