And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. Acts 2.42-45 Like so many families, the kitchen table was […]
The Incarnation
Doc Phil Fernandes
August 28
The last paragraph of Chapter 12 of Romans gives a full-bodied list of choices for every believer, for every day, as we choose to submit our own will to the Lord and to love (and live with) others as Jesus did. I counted them and found ten. It is not the all-inclusive list (see Exodus 20), but […]
God’s Will for Those Who Are Wronged
Real Christians don’t hit back.
August 21
As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience. Luke 8.15 Amongst the people I routinely spend time with we all seem to currently have family situations for which we regularly pray for one another for patience […]
Commitments of the Fully Devoted
Real Christians do those things God commands.
August 14
For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if […]
Paul Urges Humility and Generosity
You have gifts given to you for serving others in obedience to God’s will.