Category Archives: A YEAR IN THE PURSUIT OF GOD

I want to describe a worship service I attended recently. The congregation numbered around 25. Though small in number, this did not diminish the significance of their gathering. This was a different kind of service: there were no bulletins telling … Continue reading →

January 26: 2 Chronicles 20:1-12 Remembering WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED (8-9) It is always appropriate to claim the promises of God. He never fails to do what He has promised. What promise can you claim today? Jehoshaphat claimed the promise … Continue reading →

Between 40 and 45 years ago I was challenged to choose a life verse: a verse that would challenge, encourage and direct my life and, at the end, sum up what my life stood for. I somehow chose Philippians 1:21. … Continue reading →

1 John 2:28-29 ESV And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you may be … Continue reading →

Do Not Love the World – 1 John 2:15-17 ESV  15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  16 For all that is in the world—the desires … Continue reading →

1 John 2:9-11 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother … Continue reading →

1 John 2:7-8 ESV  Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard.  (8)  At the same time, it is a … Continue reading →

1 John 2:6 ESV  whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. Dear Fellowship of the Burning Heart: WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) was a popular slogan back in the day … Continue reading →

1 John 2:3-6 ESV  And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.  (4)  Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is … Continue reading →

1 John 2:1-6 ESV  My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.  (2)  He is the … Continue reading →