romans-12:1

What does it mean to be the Lord's minister? What is ministry? According to the popular definition of ministry I have actually been "in the ministry" for many years. I have always been in a state of either preparing for the ministry or performing ministry as I understood it. Of course, that means I ... Read More

"They shall enter into My sanctuary and they shall come near to My table, to minister unto Me, and they shall keep My charge (Ezekiel 44:16)." In the first half of this series we established that the Lord has sought to secure for Himself individuals who will enter into a love relationship with Him o... Read More

Excerpts from 'Devotional Classics' edited by Richard Foster and James Bryan Smith John Calvin (1509-1564) Introduction to the Author Born in Noyon, France and educated at the University of Paris, John Calvin grew up in an atmosphere of wealth and nobility. His father wanted him to study theology, b... Read More

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase. He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. — Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him. ... Read More

Walk in newness of life. As ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. — I beseech you, ... brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptab... Read More

Our bodies washed with pure water. Thou shalt ... make a laver of brass, ... and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: when they go into the tabernacle of the... Read More

I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me. — It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: to shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulnes... Read More

Things that are pleasing in his sight. Without faith it is impossible to please him. — So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. — The Lord taketh pleasure in his people. This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suf-fering wrongfully. If, when ye do well, and... Read More

He shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. Ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Ch... Read More

Faithful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God. I beseech you, ... brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable ser-vice. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the rene... Read More