Per·pet·u·al [per-pech-oo-uhl] “Continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless”  Pet·ti·ness [pet-ee-nis] “The quality of complaining or getting angry about things that are not important;  not very important or serious; frivolous, littleness, smallness, mean-spirited.” Does this describe you?  Are you constantly getting angry over little things, and does it cause you to be mean-spirited?  If the answer is yes, you need to change immediately.  Pettiness […]

Moses told the children of Israel not to follow a crowd to do evil (Exodus 23:2).  As God’s children, we must not worry ourselves with trying to be popular with the majority.  Never forget, as sad as it is, the large majority of people in this world are lost.  Jesus spoke this truth in His […]

The sins that we must avoid do not always manifest themselves outwardly.  Sins of the heart are condemning as well.  The truth is, outward sins always originate in the heart. Matthew 15:19 (ESV) 19  For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. Before the outward sins that […]

Misusing the tongue is one of the oldest sins committed, and it is not going anywhere.  It is a sin committed by every group and category of people—rich, poor, good, bad, saint, sinner, male, and female alike.  The truth is, we all sometimes misuse the tongue. Do not confuse something being common as being acceptable […]

Paul admonished the saints at Ephesus to “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness” (Ephesians 5:11).  This suggests to us that there are some things that we must avoid.  This week I want us to think about some of these things. The things we will look at this week are sinful in nature, […]

Paul wrote a lot about being justified (Romans 2:13; 3:20, 24, 28; 4:25; 5:1, 9,16, 18; 8:30; 10:10). Usually, when writing about justification, he was contrasting being saved by faith and being saved by works of the law.  In doing so, however, he revealed the blessings of justification and the joy it should bring us. […]

Paul once said, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly…” (Colossians 3:16).  Without doing this, we will not have success as Christians.  More has to be done, however, if we want to thrive as God’s children and gain victory over our adversary, the devil.  We must not only allow the Word of Christ […]

In most cases being addicted to something is not very desirable.  When we think about the alcoholic sitting on a park bench with half of a bottle of liquor, his life all but ruined by his addiction to alcohol,  it is not a pretty picture.  When we think of the heroin addict sitting in a […]

We are all faced with different challenges in life.  Challenges are just a part of living.  These challenges should be welcomed, for life without any challenges is simply boring. As Christians, we are challenged every day.  In summary, our challenge is to be faithful to Christ.  Faithfulness to Christ is the only way we can […]