Our God has created us in His image and this image is stamped on every human being whether they are a child of God or not. But now as those who have come to be known by God through repentance of our sins and faith and trust in Jesus Christ alone for our salvation—we are now called to live in such a way as to mirror and reflect the character of God. We are to be imitators of Jesus who is God incarnate. And we are to reflect his image to a lost and dying world. And one way we do that is by ... continue reading...
EP 121: Have We No Rights? (Matthew 5:38-42 – Sermon on the Mount Series)
Today, we live in a culture all about self and our rights and self-esteem. Jesus desires those of us in Christ not to be self-focused and not to take offense so quickly that we immediately seek retaliation.Our hope is to have our eyes so focused on Christ and who we are in Christ and our purpose and mission that we don't let insults or criticism bother or thwart our mission. This is the fifth of Jesus' statements, "you heard that it was said but I say to you," where Jesus is calling for our ... continue reading...
EP 120: Lovingly Giving and Accepting Correction
I don't know about you, but I don't always take correction well initially. Usually, I come around, but sometimes it takes me much longer than it should. Pride is such an ugly sin, isn't it?? Proverbs 15:32 tells us:Whoever ignores instruction despises himself, but he who listens to reproof gains intelligence. Well, I would like to be the one considered to gain intelligence and not one who despises himself. So what about you?How many times in your life have you been corrected, even ... continue reading...
EP 119: Tell the Truth! (Matthew 5:33-37 – Sermon on the Mount Series)
We're on the fourth of Jesus's illustrations of what true morality looks like to those that are in Christ. We talked about the sin of anger in EP 113 and dealing with our adulterous hearts or sexual purity in EP 115. Divorce and remarriage or better put our faithfulness in marriage in EP 117. Today in EP 119, we're going to work through telling the truth, and in the next couple of episodes, we'll get to the fifth and sixth illustrations of true morality as we'll work through selflessness and ... continue reading...
EP 118: Cultivating Patience with One Another
If someone were to ask your family if you were a patient person, what would their response be? I want to consider myself a patient person, but I'm not sure what my family would say, and especially when I'm under stress or when things aren't working out on my timetable. How patient am I with my child who comes to me with questions and requests at the most seemingly inconvenient times? How about difficult people in my life? Or people who respond impatiently to me? Listen to the Bitesize ... continue reading...