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being the best spouse you can be Being the best you can only be accomplished when you strive to excel in every aspect of your life.  You are not reaching your full potential if you are a great employee but a terrible neighbor.  You are less than you can be if you are a wonderful church member, but a lousy citizen in your community.  Being the best that we can be comes about when we are pleasing God in every…

BEING THE BEST YOU (BEING THE BEST PERSON YOU CAN BE) As Christians, we should be the best people in the world.  I am not saying that we should view ourselves as such, concluding that we are better than everyone else.  We should always be mindful of the danger of developing a “holier than thou” mentality.  The reality is, however, we should be the best people in the world as far as our behavior is concerned.  Jesus put it like this: Matthew…

BEING THE BEST YOU (BEING THE BEST CHRISTIAN YOU CAN BE) There is nothing wrong with wanting to excel in life, even in the physical or secular realm.  We should all strive to do our best in everything we do.   This week, let us think about being the best version of ourselves in areas that matter to God.  A good place to start is being the best Christians we can be.  Is that your aim?  Do you strive to excel…

BEING THE BEST YOU (HAVING THE BEST ATTITUDE) To be the best version of yourself, you must have the best attitude possible.  When it comes to the kind of lives that we live, our attitude is critical.  The saying “attitude determines altitude” is very true, not only in the secular realm, but also in the religious realm.  In fact, it is even a biblical concept.  The wise man once said about man, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…” (Proverbs 23:7).…

WHAT IF EVERYONE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH WAS LIKE YOU? People make up local churches. Thus, the stronger the individual Christians are who make up a particular local church, the stronger that church is. What if everyone in the local church was just like you? Would it be a church that is strong or weak? Would it be a church that is pleasing or displeasing to Christ? If everyone in the church was like you, what kind of attendance would…

BURNING HEARTS Sometime after the resurrection of Christ, Jesus met two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus.  They were discussing the things that had recently developed concerning Christ when He suddenly joined them on their journey, but the Bible says, “their eyes were kept from recognizing him (Luke 24:13-16).  When Jesus asked them about their conversation, they were amazed that He could be unaware of the events that had so publicly transpired, and they began to tell Him about…

GOD’S WILL The Bible often speaks of the will of God.  Knowing, respecting, and ultimately doing, the will of God is essential to making it to heaven. Matthew 7:21 (ESV) 21  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Fortunately, we can know and do God’s will.  He has revealed it to us through the inspired writings of men found in…

ARE YOU COMMITTED TO GOD? D. Elton Trueblood once said, “In our modern world, our real danger comes not from irreligion, but from mild religion.” There is a lot of truth in that statement. Yes, there are people in this world who have no real interest in God.  However, what really hurts the cause of Christ today, are those who proclaim a love for Christ without any real commitment to Him. Jesus said, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His…