I want to start with a prayer: Father, I'm so glad that you never gave up on us. And you love us. And you're working in our lives. And you have a plan for our lives that far exceeds perhaps even our wildest dreams. And that plan ultimately is good for your glory. So we pray now that as we open your Word, that you speak to us. Amen! One of those days, Jesus went to a mountainside to pray, and He spent the night praying to God. When morning came, He called His disciple to Him a

“So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?’ He said to Him, ‘Yes, Lord; You know that I love You.’ He said to him, ‘Feed My lambs.’” John 21:15 (NKJV) When Jesus destroyed the power of the grave and death it was a glorious day. After rising from the dead, Jesus didn’t call only the perfect, the educated, or the elite. He called Peter, the one who denied Him three times. And what did He do? He prepared a

Every Christian Is Called to Evangelize There is a God-given gift of an evangelist, and Billy Graham had it. But, though some are gifted to be an evangelist, and some may not be called to be an evangelist per se, every Christian is called to evangelize. As Paul said to Timothy, “Do the work of an evangelist” (2 Timothy 4:5 NKJV). We’re all called to preach the gospel. We’ve been entrusted with the Great Commission—to go into all the world, preach the gospel, and make disciple

Peter was a highly visible disciple of Jesus. He was chosen by Christ Himself. Christ had big plans for him. God wanted to use His life. He saw potential in Peter that others didn't. Tragically, Peter made a wrong choice. The day Christ was arrested, Peter denied Christ three times. he went away and was disillusioned. In Scripture, Peter is an example to modern day Christians who can backslide in their faith. Backsliding is not just falling backward, but it is also failing to

“ A woman of Samaria came to draw water.” John 4:7 NKJV One day Jesus met a woman who’d come to draw water from a well. After five failed marriages, her trust in men was zero—and her self-esteem was minus zero! But after her encounter with Christ, she left the well radically changed. When it comes to sharing our faith, we learn three important lessons from her story: (1) Jesus sees the best in everybody. “The Pharisees…complained, saying, ‘This Man receives sinners’” (Luke 15

“And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.” Luke 15:20 The prodigal son made a comeback. He jumped the fence of the hog pen and started back to his father’s house. While he was a great way off, when the old gray-headed father saw him from a distance, he took off running towards him. Then the dad fell on him and kissed him. Some of you are struggling to com

"The world is just full of hurting people. Be a blessing. Be an encouragement. Be compassionate. Love them in the name of Jesus." David Wilkerson. We went deep inside Satan's backyard where he peddles heroin, misery, shame, and fear, but we are presenting the great plan of salvation to countless people today and they are responding to His irresistible love. The greatest scripture that speaks to God's great rescue plan of salvation is John 3:16. It tells us that Christ came to

"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1-2 This was my memory verse this week and it kept ringing in

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The Devil’s Favorite Words: “Give Up.” The devil loves to whisper two little words into your ear: “Give up.” Why? Because if he can get...

One Solitary Life He was born in an obscure village The child of a peasant woman He grew up in another obscure village Where he worked in...

There’s a battle going on to control your mind. Perhaps some strongholds of wrong thinking have taken hold in your mind that need to be...

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