Cultivate Loyalty and Honor
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. (1 Thessalonians 5:13) One of the most overlooked principles in the Christian life is the principle of loyalty and honor. God places people in our lives to teach us, guide us, encourage us, and help us grow. When we learn to value and […]
Cultivate a Holy Dissatisfaction with Mediocrity
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. (Romans 12:2) God never created you to merely exist. He created you to grow, excel, and become everything He has called you to be. One of the greatest enemies of progress is becoming comfortable with mediocrity. When people […]
Cultivate the Joy of the Lord
The joy of the Lord is your strength. (Nehemiah 8:10) Have you ever noticed how much easier life feels when your heart is filled with joy? Challenges may still exist, responsibilities may still be there, but somehow you have strength to keep moving forward. That’s because joy is not merely an emotion; it is spiritual […]
Cultivate Your Faith
So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (Romans 10:17) Every child of God has received faith. The Bible teaches that God has dealt to every believer the measure of faith. This means no Christian begins their journey empty-handed. However, faith is given as a seed, and every seed is […]
Cultivate a Hunger for Righteousness
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. (Matthew 5:6) There are many things people pursue in life. Some seek success, others seek security, recognition, or possessions. Yet the Lord Jesus taught that the truly blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. This kind of desire […]
Cultivate the Word of God
But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. (Matthew 13:23) Every believer desires to be fruitful, but fruitfulness does not happen accidentally. In the parable of the sower, […]
Fight the Good Fight of Faith Until the End
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called (1 Timothy 6:12). The Christian life is not passive; it is a life of faith that must be consciously exercised and maintained. Scripture calls it a good fight because the victory has already been secured in Christ, yet faith […]
Your Salvation Matters the Most
Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. (Philippians 2:12) One of the things you should consider most precious is your salvation. In these last days, you should guard your salvation like never […]
Your Conviction and Salvation
But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 10:33) In the above scripture, the Lord Jesus pointed out how our conviction toward Him will determine our place in heaven. He said, “But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny […]
Living Under the Reign of Lord Jesus
For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17) The history of mankind can be described by different reigns. There was a time when Adam was given dominion, but through […]