If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet – John 13:14
What a shocking scene this is! Even the disciples, who had watched Jesus touch lepers and heal cripples and eat with sinners, were unprepared for this parting command and example.
The night before Jesus’ horrible […]
Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him – Acts 12:5
A precious scene is placed before us, even in the midst of an otherwise tragic and painful time for the early church. James had just been martyred by Herod, and the apostle Peter is […]
All of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble – 1 Peter 5:5
Here is the secret, Peter says, to genuinely and consistently serving others: humility. As long as you are set upon pleasing yourself, fulfilling yourself, seeking self-advancement, you will […]
Thanks to Christy at Mercy Every Morning, I have a clear and concise outline to share with you of a message I preached Sunday — “Beware of Self-Pity”:
Four Ways Self-Pity Distorts Our Perception of Reality
1. Self-pity ignores the gaping needs of others because of petty, selfish concerns:
(Jonah 4:9) Jonah was so concerned with self […]
Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body – Hebrews 13:3
What a selfless, sacrificial, thoughtful command to service! It is not enough, the writer of Hebrews clearly implies, to merely pity the poor or to pray for the persecuted. We must […]
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