The world sees Christianity as very nonessential to daily life. Yet in Exodus 5, God made it quite clear to the Egyptians that fellowship with the Creator is as essential as it gets. Are we willing to face persecution, hardship, and extra burden in order to worship? Are we willing to return to the Lord…
Is your relationship with your Savior nonessential? In Exodus 5:1-7, Pharaoh saw no essential need for the Israelites to go and worship God, yet God provided a way. What about your faith today? Is it an essential part of your everyday life or just something you do? We each need to take time to check…
My best is never as good as what God has in mind. That became clear as Gideon was told to go down to only 300 men to fight the Midianites in Judges 7:13-23 – but when Gideon did as God told him to do, he didn’t even have to lift a sword to defeat the…
Many things in our lives come along to hinder our walk with Christ. But Galatians 5:7 asks us an important question – who did hinder you? Why are we allowing others to influence us and not remaining focused on Christ? Let us therefore come together to encourage one another in obedience to Christ!
The Word of God – how precious is it to you? Is it precious enough to you that you’re willing to stake your whole reputation on it? In 1 Kings 18 we see that Elijah was willing to do that very thing as the Word of the Lord came to him and he obeyed. If…