Make Every Effort (3)
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12.14
Make every effort leaves us in no doubt that God expects us to do some things and … Read More
Make Every Effort (2)
Make every effort to enter through the narrow door… enter through the narrow gate. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. For wide is the gate and broad … Read More
Make Every Effort (1)
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith… goodness … knowledge … self-control … perseverance … godliness … brotherly kindness … love. 1 Peter 2.15
Peter offers a clue to many believers who are discontent with … Read More
Doers Of The Word, And Not Hearers Only
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1.22
It’s not enough to read the Bible if we stop short of obeying its every command. Many have read the Bible from cover to cover, but their … Read More
We’re Not In Control
There are many plans in a man’s heart, nevertheless the Lord’s counsel, that will stand. Proverbs 19.21
At the beginning of a new year, it’s almost instinctively our default position to plan ahead and try something new or different. The … Read More
Steadfast, Immovable, Always Abounding
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
The initial target audience of the epistles were to very young believers in churches … Read More