Following Christ

Steadfastness No Matter What

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it. (2 Timothy 3:14)

Christ commanded us that we should abide in his love continually — not just when the mood strikes us, not just when the…

Following Him

Follow me … (Mathew 4:19)

The Christian life is one of following Christ. In order to follow we must have some knowledge of his direction and his leadership.

Conscience is the least of the influences that shape our lives, for our consciences are flawed…

The Price of Faith

All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. (Hebrews 11:13)

You Know My Path

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. (Psalm 142:3)

I read in Oswald Chambers this morning a great thought about the surprise of God and “The Graciousness of Uncertainty.” Of course, he was right, as he usually is. He wrote:

Only by the Power of God

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him, “Then who can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things…

The Misunderstood Christ

… he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. (Mark 9:31–32)

The Life of Faith

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

Romans 4:13

The New Testament, from the perspective of the full revelation of God in Christ, uses…

With Our Eyes upon Jesus

…fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

Hebrews 12:2

Our eyes should be on Jesus — not just on Jesus sometimes, or on Jesus mostly, but on Jesus period. He guides and enables, encourages and challenges, assures…

Straight Paths

In all your ways acknowledge him,
 and he will make straight your paths.

Proverbs 3:6

The average Christian experience seems to be to choose a path and then ask God to bless our choice. But God’s command is to choose Him…

Leading the Body

Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. So they passed by…