The topic today is one of which Jesus had much to say. It is about the stewardship of life. In Luke 12, Jesus shared a stewardship parable and then gave this vital principle: “To whom much is given, much is required” (Luke 12:48). Note the use of the word much. This verse says much about how much is required of us who are the recipients of much. This verse serves to remind me of a few things (not ...  Read More

Be honest. Do you find yourself at a place in your life right now in which you are living under great pressure—with no relief in sight? The Apostle Paul would understand what you are feeling. Listen to his words about a particularly difficult time in his life—“We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered…We were under great pressure far beyond our ability to endur...  Read More

This past Sunday I preached a message on one of THE MINISTRIES WE PRACTICE TOGETHER in the sermon We Do Discipleship. As you know, discipleship is important! Here is why—Discipleship is the discipline required to accomplish Christian living. God’s powerful river of blessing flows through the channel of discipleship. We are thus empowered to live the Christian experience only through a daily commit...  Read More

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask we know that we have what we asked of him” (1 John 5:14-15).These verses instruct us to pray always “according to his will.” Everything rides on this. Jesus taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.” We have no right to expect...  Read More

This Sunday, I will be sharing about how to get your prayers answered. I am excited about this sermon! But I want to get you started thinking about this subject today. Let’s begin thinking about praying. Most of us would admit that we pray less than we could and less than we know we should. I think one of our greatest needs is to grow in our prayer experience. How about you—do you think there is r...  Read More

Let’s think about small words. It occurs to me that small words can be powerful, even life changing. That is true for better or worse! The words are said, “I do” and a couple is committed for life. The word “guilty” is spoken and a person is sentenced by a judge to a life in prison. The word “yes” is given to Jesus in a prayer and that person’s destiny is determined for all eternity. So small word...  Read More