Archive for October, 2008

Agreeing Christians…and Other Rare Events

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

I know that you'll find this hard to believe, but not everyone agrees with me on everything. Hard to imagine, huh? That's right, there are some people who just don't see things the way I see them; who don't believe exactly what I believe; who don't value the same things that I value. For ...

Keep Fervent in Your Love For God

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

In our present series of messages, we've been looking at what it means to live in the overflow of God's love. We've seen that the key to loving others comes from continually living in the fullness of God's love for us. We also saw that there is nothing that we ...

The Most Misquoted Verse in the Bible

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Do you know what the most misquoted verse in the Bible is? I believe that it's Roman 8:28. Many people quote it like this: "All things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." That's not a statement of faith. That's a ...

Mirror, Mirror

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

I was recently meditating on a passage in the book of James. It reads: If anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in the mirror; once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has ...

“You Are My Beloved Child”

Saturday, October 11th, 2008

There were two occasions during the life and ministry of Jesus when God the Father spoke directly from heaven. Do you know what they were? Both occasions were just before Jesus was about to face His greatest trials. Those two occasions were: Jesus' Baptism -- Just before He faced the temptation of ...

Living in the Overflow of God’s Love

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

This Sunday, I begin a new series entitled Living in the Overflow of God's Love. In a sense, I'm continuing and expanding upon the series I've just completed entitled The Father's Heart. As I taught that series on the prodigal son, I sensed that God was giving us a fresh revelation of His ...