Tag: christianity

“When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, ‘Come, the banquet is ready.’ But they all began making excuses. One said, ‘I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.’ Another said, ‘I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them…

“Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” -Matthew 4:19 When I first started going to a certain church, I was struck by the church’s emphasis on relationship. Being a super introverted only child, I couldn’t wrap my head around all this relationship stuff. We were there for God, right? But…

“O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” -Psalm 34:3 Sometimes when we have a problem, we magnify the problem – or make it bigger in our minds than it may be in reality. We think about the problem and talk about all the different angels of the problem. But,…

“Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.” -Matthew 24:12&13 My husband has been gone a lot at work preparing for a big yearly deadline. I enjoyed the time off finding other things to do, but I missed…

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” -Mark 16:15 “I am convinced of one thing: at least 50 percent of all nonbelievers would receive Christ if properly approached by a trained, Spirit-filled believer who can communicate God’s love and forgiveness revealed through our Lord Jesus.” – Dr. Bill Bright It’s…

“Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” -James 5:16 What is a “bumper person”? In his Transformational Leadership training, Ford Taylor describes a “bumper person” as someone we trust who can bump us back…

“We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed – always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.” -2 Corinthians 4:8-10 In America,…