Make The Effort Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. Ephesians 4:3 My Takeaways Something Old Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21 blesses my heart beyond words. Something New Unity 101 Be humble. Avoid getting tangled up in our own rightness. Humility puts God’s rightness first…
Live Like It For we are God’s masterpiece, He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10 My Takeaways Something Old I am God’s masterpiece! You are God’s masterpiece! Masterpiece begged to be researched, so I did. It was…
Surviving The Shipwreck But take courage! None of you will lose your lives, even though the ship will go down. Acts 27:22 My Takeaways Something Old Shipwrecks are not planned. They are completely unexpected. It’s what we do with our lives prior to the shipwreck that will help us survive its vigor and…
Incarcerated After two years went by in this way, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And because Felix wanted to gain favor with the Jewish people, he left Paul in prison. Acts 24:27 My Takeaways Something Old Regardless of the situation: Maintain your innocence; especially to yourself. Paul never wavered. He wasn’t guilty…
My Only Defense… “Brothers and esteemed fathers,” Paul said, “listen to me as I offer my defense.” My Takeaways Something Old God never wastes our past, and neither should we. Something New Scourging was a severe form of a punishment. The Roman citizen was not to face it. Something to Do Advance the…
It’s Just So Simple I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike–the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus. Acts 20:21 My Takeaways Something Old The message is the same… Repent, turn to God, have faith in Jesus. Go and talk…