Revere Christ as Lord, Even While Suffering – 1 Peter 3:13-18
How do you respond to suffering for Christ? Peter tells us to rejoice and revere Christ as Lord. And to always be ready to share the reason for your hope.
Lordship of Jesus
The Lordship of Jesus – Luke 6:46
Do you call Jesus Lord? Do you obey him? Even when it is hard or inconvenient? If not, how can you really call Jesus, Lord. The Lordship of Jesus involves being obedient to his direction. It is not just honoring Jesus with our lips. It is honoring him with our lives as well.
I Will Never Fall Away – Matthew 26:33
How often do we follow Peter’s example of commitment, followed by failure? I am so thankful that Jesus is always ready to pick us up, dust us off, and put us back to work.
Leaving It All Behind – Matthew 19:29
Is there anything that you are unwilling to surrender to the lordship of Jesus? His promise to us is that if we will give him our all, our eternal reward will be much greater than anything we left behind for him.
The Lukewarm Church – Rev 3:17
Don’t be deceived by the outward appearance of a local church body. Christ looks, not on what is on the outside, but what is in the heart of a church. Success on the outside doesn’t matter if Christ finds us wanting on the inside.
Loving Human Praise – John 12:43
Most people care what others think of them. We are social creatures and it is only natural that we want to be accepted by the rest of the herd. But Jesus calls us to come out of the herd and to walk with him. For many of us it is a difficult thing to stand out from the crowd; to face ridicule and derision is hard on my self esteem.
Following the Shepherd – John 10:3-4
Look at what Jesus says here about the sheep. His sheep recognize and listen to his voice, and they follow him where he leads. If I follow him, then I am his sheep. But if I follow another shepherd, then I belong to that shepherd. Whose voice do I hear and follow? Jesus’? Or some other shepherd?
The Exultation of Jesus – Philippians 2:5-11
One of my favorite passages of scripture is in Paul’s letter to the Philippians, which appears to be a quote of an early Christian hymn or creed. And since Philippians was written by 62 AD, it would have indeed been an early hymn. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a …
Jesus: Wanted Dead, or Alive?
Do I act as though Jesus was alive and involved in my life? Or do I act as though he were dead and not a part? Now of course as a Christian I am going to claim the first; he is alive and he is active in my life. But is that really how I act?