What is Prayer? (Luke 18:1-8) Here we will look at a parable given by Jesus regarding the subject of prayer. When we simplify prayer using this parable we will see that prayer is an exercise in faith. Jesus makes a direct connection between faith and prayer in this parable. I...

Follow Me In Mark 1:17-18, Jesus said to Peter and Andrew, “Follow me.”  That’s the key for doing anything for Jesus.  He said, “I” will make you (Mark 1:17).  Men don’t make you; Jesus makes you.  Then Jesus said, “to become.” In other words, to become what Jesus wants you...

Eyes of the Lord Prov 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord… Prov 15:3 the eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.  He sees the wrong and the right. He’s keeping an eye on you.  Accountability groups...

Luke 9:57-62 Introduction: This is the first week of a new year, 2025. Like many Christians, perhaps you have made resolutions or commitments. Perhaps your commitment was to follow Jesus more closely this year, to be a true disciple of Jesus Christ. Following Jesus is a daily commitment, and if...

How to Attend to My Words “Attend” means to apply the mind or pay attention to. “My words” are not words about what God wrote but what he wrote, exactly what he wrote.  People routinely misquote 1 Cor 10:13 and cause much confusion to people who are overwhelmed by a...

Blessings of Obedience An obedient person is a blessed person, Lk 11:28.  Jesus said, “Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it”.  Jas 1:25 says, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but...

We Are Really Evil We see and understand that the world is evil, Gal 1:4.  We even talk about how evil it is.  And we recognize evil men when we see them, Lk 6:45.  And we don’t like them.  Like Prov 29:27 says, an unjust man is abomination to the...

Created in Righteousness The new man is created in righteousness and true holiness.  The old man is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.  The old man can, in no way, produce the righteousness of the new man.  He is created in righteousness by God. Every believer has the new man...

A Saviour Which is Christ The Lord In Lk 2:9-12, the angel of the Lord announced to the shepherds “unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.”  We are going to see the significance of the three words the angel...

Tomorrow There are three things that come to mind about tomorrow. Boast not – Prov 27:1.  For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.  Boasting about tomorrow is a statement of pride.  The circumstances that appear to be in your favor today may be substantially against you tomorrow....