Christ In Us For Others – Part 1
by Larry Browning “Christ in us for others”—This should be every Christian’s motto. “One another” should be one of the key phrases in a believer’s vocabulary. “Love one another” is found at least a dozen times in the New Testament, along with “pray one for another,” “edify one another,” “prefer one another,” and “be hospitable […]
Discovering Your Spiritual Gift
by Brad Jolly There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all. There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord. God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us. A spiritual gift is given […]
God’s Stewards-Our Lives
by Brad Jolly In last week’s blog post, we continued the series, “God’s Stewards”, and we looked at how we can properly steward, or manage, the resources that God has entrusted to us. And the week before that, we looked at how we can manage the time that God has given us to minister to […]
God’s Stewards – Time
by Brad Jolly I like to plan my day (and days in advance for that matter). My ideal day would be to just flow through getting each task done (and checking it off) one after the other (with no interruptions or unexpected diversions to my plan). Of course, this rarely occurs. In fact, I don’t […]
Maybe We Pray More Than We Realize
Unceasing, incessant prayer is essential to the vitality of your relationship to the Lord and your ability to function in the world. But exactly what does it mean to pray without ceasing?
Reckon Ourselves Dead to Sin
Regardless of our feelings, we are to reckon on this great fact, —of our union with Christ in death and resurrection. “Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus“ (Romans 6:11). Note that Paul does not say, reckon sin dead to you. God‘s way of victory over […]
Growing in the Grace of God – Part 2
by Larry Browning Note: This is the second and final part of this series (if you have not read the first part, click here to read that now). Legalism desires to add religious performance to grace, thereby appealing to the self-righteous hopes of man. Galatians 3:2-3 says, ”Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by […]
The Greatest Exchange
by Brad Jolly As a kid, did you ever dream of becoming somebody else? Maybe it was a sports figure, a musician, entertainer, or maybe the star quarterback of your high school football team. I know that you might be laughing as you recall that memory, but truthfully, we have all done this. We look […]
Growing in the Grace of God – Part 1
by Larry Browning 2 Peter 3:18 – ”But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” God wants us to know His grace. He wants us to learn about it, and then experience it at work in our lives. Grace has rightly been described as “unmerited favor.” The acronym, “God’s […]
Understanding the Forgiveness of God – Part 2
