Posts from April 2025
Living Godly
“Godliness” can be defined as loving devotion to God characterized by a life of conformity to His will in one’s thinking, speaking and living. It’s an affectionate longing, a dependence, knowledge, submission and desire to obey God. The expression is especially found in 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus in the New Testament, books I know we’ve been hearing a great deal about in our adult study of “godliness” on Sundays and Wednesdays this quarter. Note the following (1) Prayer…
Showing the Love of Christ
John 3:16 describes the love of God in giving us Jesus. 1 John 3:16 elevates the LOVE and the sacrifice of the Lord in that it challenges all who would read it to emulate the Lord’s great example in sacrificial LOVE. -We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. Consider 3 points from this powerful passage. 1. KNOWING LOVE- “We know love by this”…
A Picture of God
Your picture of God is everything to your life! The Psalmist in Psalm 95 offers us a great picture of God that we would do well to study and ensure his words help formulate our picture of God, too! The following are the names used of God in Psalm 95 with a single phrase to help our understanding: LORD – (Eternal) – This is the proper name of God – Jehovah. He is the I AM. The God who desires…