HYMN DAY! John Henry Yates, a shoe salesman in New York in 1855, wrote this wonderful hymn, “Faith is the Victory.” A glorious victory that overcomes the world! That is our faith. 1 Encamped along the hills of light, Ye Christian soldiers, rise And press the battle ere the night…
We can only imagine what it was like to walk alongside Jesus on a dusty road, to listen to Him share from His heart and see Him reach out in compassion to the lost and hurting souls He encountered. What joy it must have been to truly know Him in…
We can’t expect the world to live as Jesus instructs. The lost march to a different drum…their own. Often those who resist accepting Christ do so because they don’t like being told something they’re doing is wrong. When we try to share Jesus’s instructions, some are quick to say, “Who…
Loving Jesus brings so many blessings. I can still hear my mom’s voice in my head as she shared with me during her last days, “I love Jesus so much.” She did, and it showed in the way she treated others, the way she spoke to others, the way she…
We’ve probably previously looked at “Let Others See Jesus In You” by B.B. McKinney, but I like the words—”Your life’s a book before their eyes”—and they seem to fit well with this week’s Scriptures. So here we are! (You can listen to it sung by a Baptist church here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nMlwtYUNuQ)…
All the people who followed Jesus, hoping to see Him perform a miracle or hear Him speak, but did so out of curiosity rather than real commitment wouldn’t see Him again after His crucifixion. People today who choose to disregard the truth of who He is—God’s Son sent to be…
You know, I have always appreciated the Holy Spirit’s presence. He’s a built-in Guide, Comforter, Peace-bringer, Strength-deliverer, and always-available Friend. But I honestly had not considered the Holy Spirit as Jesus’s gift to us until a few years ago. Jesus was returning to heaven, but He didn’t want to leave…
Would you agree that when we love someone, we want to please them? I know when I was a kid, it killed me to disappoint my parents. When I taught, I didn’t want the kids to behave out of fear of punishment but because they respected me and understood that…
“Living for Jesus” by Thomas O. Chisholm makes a beautiful prayer of submission. “My life I give, henceforth to live, O Christ, for Thee alone.” Amen. 1 Living for Jesus a life that is true, striving to please him in all that I do, yielding allegiance glad-hearted and free this…
This is another verse that must be carefully examined to avoid misinterpretation. We can’t run around demanding things “in Jesus’s name” for our own pleasure. Jesus came to bring glory to the Father; as His followers, our goal should be to glorify the Father in the things we say and…
