by MJR | Jan 3, 2020 | Christianity, Commitment
Read: Philippians 3: 13-14 I focus on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us. Reflect: Why is it that we make...
by MJR | Jan 2, 2020 | Christianity, Commitment, Compromise
Read: Daniel 1:8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. Reflect: To many of us, the phrase, “peer pressure”,...
by MJR | Jan 1, 2020 | Christianity, Commitment, Focus on Living
Read: Mark 12: 30-31 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”...
by MJR | Dec 31, 2019 | Christianity, Commitment
Read: Colossians 1: 10 So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. Reflect: This time of year has the power to cause us to reflect on another year in the rear-view mirror...
by MJR | Dec 30, 2019 | Commitment, Focus on Living
Read: Mark 12: 30-31 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”...
by MJR | Aug 4, 2014 | Christianity, Commitment, Focus on Living
Read: 1 Corinthians 11:1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Reflect: “There are rare Christians whose very presence incites others to be better Christians. I want to be that rare Christian.” AW Tozer Maybe that’s not the best example, but when...
