Obedience and Surrender
Obedience and Surrender
Living for Jesus
Read Luke 10:30-37. "And who is my neighbor?" (Luke 10:29). Isn’t that just like a lawyer? He knows God commands…
Obedience and Surrender
Loving like Jesus
Read John 13:34-35. "A new command I give you: Love one another" (John 13:34a). At first, we might think,…
Obedience and Surrender
Loyal to Jesus
Read Luke 14:25-35. In Luke 14, Jesus has large crowds following Him—He often had large crowds following Him. Conventional wisdom…
Obedience and Surrender
Disciples for Jesus
Read Matthew 28:18-20. Jesus’ call to make disciples of all nations can sure seem a daunting task. But Jesus promised:…
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A Living Sacrifice
Everywhere you look, people are in search of personal fulfillment. Even genuine Christians are bouncing around looking for emotional and…
Obedience and Surrender
Goodness and Sacrifice
Early in the nineteenth century, King Frederick William III of Prussia found himself in a difficult situation. His country was…
Obedience and Surrender
Transformed
God wants to see our whole being involved in sacrificing for Him. "To love him with all your heart, with…
Obedience and Surrender
Total Surrender
The object of giving our all is to please the Lord. How do I offer my body as a living…
Obedience and Surrender
Dying to Self
In a collection of letters entitled Let Go, seventeenth-century French theologian Francois Fenelon wrote: Whatever spiritual knowledge or feelings we…
Obedience and Surrender
Deliver Us from Pride
Each day our prayer should be, "Lord, deliver me from evil." Many times, this becomes a routine prayer, and we…
Obedience and Surrender
Pursuing the Kingdom of God
Every day, millions of people pray the Lord’s Prayer without understanding what it means to pray, "[Y]our kingdom come, your…
Obedience and Surrender
Costly Obedience
The Bible tells us about numerous people of faith who experienced persecution because they stood for God’s Truth. "Some faced…