Suppliment Your Faith

Scripture For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. ~2 Peter 1:5-7, NET Quote If you are an unhappy and depressed Christian it is more than likely due to…

Pray In The Spirit

Scripture Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. ~Ephesians 6:18, NLT Quote Prayer of one of those aspects in God’s dealing with us that is far beyond our understanding. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones Millions, who do not understand the first…

Overcoming!

Scripture He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. Quote The whole of the Christian life is one of conflict; we are in an atmosphere and in a world where there is a great…

Assurance

Scripture  Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus. ~I Thessalonians 5:16-18 Quote I know I am delivered because of what Christ did for me. I see that apart from Him I am lost, undone, and doomed. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones Rarely does…

Grand Slam

Scripture O wretched man that I am! ~Romans 7:24, NKJV Quote How can I get away from this wretched, ugly self I am always thinking about? ~Martyn Lloyd Jones The Puritans were members of a religious reform movement that arose within the Church of England in the late 16th century. They believed the Church of…

The Process

Scripture No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God. ~1John 3:9, ESV Quote The teachings of the scriptures and the experience of the greatest saints denies the doctrine of sinless perfection. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones…

Christianity Without Christ

Scripture  I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the One who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. ~Galatians 1:6-7, NIV…

The School of Affliction

Scripture It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes. ~Psalm 119:71, LSB Quote When trials and afflictions come, they reveal to us how weak, helpless and impotent we are. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones One of my sugar stick sermons comes from 2 Corinthians one, WHY CHRISTIANS SUFFER? Suffering sensitizes…

At The Cross

Scripture Pilate said…“I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to that yourselves.” And all the people answered and said, “His blood be on us and on our children!” ~Matthew 27:24-25, LSB Quote You will never convict yourself of sin. There is a defense mechanism in our fallen nature that will defend against any accusation. ~Martyn…

Feelings Are Fickle

Scripture “The heart {emotions} is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; Who can understand it? ~Jeremiah 17:9, NASB Quote Feeling are treacherous, they come and go; and what little control we have upon them. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones {Walking With God} One of my old preacher friends, Larry Bullard, recommended I read some Martyn…