Monthly Archives: March 2007

The Pearl of High Value

“Again, the king­dom of heaven is like a mer­chant search­ing for fine pearls. When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold every­thing he had and bought it.” — Matthew 13:45,46
I was recently lis­ten­ing to a woman relate her expe­ri­ence min­is­ter­ing to drug addicts in Hong Kong. One of …

March 20, 2007 – 7:27 pm | By | Posted in Bible Study | Comments (0)

Get Your Feet Wet

The dis­ci­ples of Jesus were in a small boat trav­el­ing by night across the Sea of Galilee. Jesus had stayed behind on the other side of the shore to pray in a secluded spot. It had been a busy day of min­is­ter­ing to a crowd of thou­sands.
The wind blew strong against the boat, and the …

March 15, 2007 – 6:00 am | By Anthony | Posted in Christian Living | Comments (3)

Good Gifts

If you want the Gifts of the Spirit — all of them — they are yours.
Paul writes, “And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls “Abba! Father!”” — Gal 4:6
Has God sent that spirit into your hearts?
If so you are a son or daugh­ter …

March 14, 2007 – 6:00 am | By | Posted in Bible Study, Christian Living | Comments (0)

Fruitage of the Spirit — Part 3 “Joy”

Fol­low­ing Love the next virtue that we con­sider is “joy”. The orig­i­nal Greek word is xara, which car­ries the thought of joy, glad­ness, hap­pi­ness, delight. It was the word that was used by the Greek’s to express sat­is­fac­tion.
The desire for joy and sat­is­fac­tion in our lives in quite uni­ver­sal and inher­ent. …

March 1, 2007 – 6:30 pm | By | Posted in Christian Living, Fruitage of the Spirit | Comments (0)