All The Day, Ps 71:8, 15

Three times in Psalm 71, David used the phrase “all the day.”  In Ps 71:8 he wrote, “Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day.”  In Ps 71:15 he wrote, “My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the […]

Noah’s Walk, Work and Word, Gen 6:9

Noah walked with God, worked for God, and spoke the word of God.  Likewise, we are to walk with the Lord, work for the Lord, and speak the word of the Lord in this world.  That is what the Lord wants us to do.  That’s what Noah did.  The Lord said that the time of […]

Hasty, Prov 21:5

In general, a person who is hasty is a person who does things too quickly and with too little thought.  He can be rash [incautious], impetuous [rushing] or impulsive [acting on impulse].  Now, haste is not always a bad thing.  When you have clear direction from the Lord on a matter, he doesn’t want you […]

The Testimony of a Changed Life, Mk 5:1-20 – Sep 20, 2026

The Testimony of a Changed Life The wild man in the Gadarenes had the testimony of a changed life.  With him there was a noticeable difference in three areas of his life.  He experienced: A change in his actions.  He was sitting (at the feet of Jesus, Lk 8:35) whereas before he had been doing […]

Treasure in Earthen Vessels, 2 Cor 4:7

Because we are saved, Christ is in us [Col 1:27] and we are in Christ [1 Cor 12:13].  We have Jesus Christ and eternal life in us.  Thus, according to our text in 2 Cor 4:7, we have this treasure in earthen vessels.  We must be reminded, then, that our lives are about the treasure […]

Who Will Go? Is 6:8

In the history of the Church, God has used certain men in a big way to get his work done.  He used Peter to preach to thousands.  He was the apostle to the Circumcision.  God used Paul to preach to thousands. He was the apostle to the Uncircumcision.   In the past three centuries, God […]

Rejoice Evermore, 1 Thes 5:16

Paul’s specific instruction to Christians in 1 Thes 5:16 is that we “Rejoice evermore.”  Now I, certainly, have not obeyed this command all the time and I’m pretty sure that you haven’t either.  One reason is that we haven’t been doing the things that cause Christians to rejoice.    There are some things you can […]

Making Fishermen, Matt 4:19

In Matt 4:19, Jesus said to Peter and Andrew, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”  When we read about the early lives of Peter, Andrew, James and John, the disciples of Jesus, we see the process of making fishermen.  We’ll study the Lord’s method of making fishermen in hopes of gleaning […]

Reason With Them, Acts 17:2

In Thessalonica, in Acts 17:2, Paul “reasoned with them out of the scriptures.”  As Paul preached Jesus Christ, there are certain things he did that we should consider doing as we deal with people in personal work.  While we tell them about Jesus, we should also: Reason with them – Acts 17:2 – to reason […]

Preaching Jesus, Acts 11:20

When you consider preaching Jesus Christ to others it helps to understand what preaching Jesus entails.  There’s a lot to it.  Today we are going to look at what Paul and some of his fellow preachers did when they went about preaching Jesus.  Preaching Jesus entails: Publishing – Acts 13:49 – to publish is to […]