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What Paul left behind for Timothy is the message and focus for every Christian for all times. The simple image and admonition of this letter is to "keep the flame." No matter what, stay focused on Jesus. Let Him be the consuming passion of your life, wherever you are. Whatever is happening around you, respond to Him with all your heart. Let the fire of His presence continue to burn in you. Your survival depends upon it. At all costs, keep the flame and constantly attend to the relationship with Him. This was not simply a message for Paul; it was his life. It was Jesus that carried him ...

Holy love in this lifetime? This is exactly what Paul presents in one of the most beloved chapters of the Bible. It is more than an impossible ideal. It is a present reality that Jesus desires to produce in and through us here and now. As we will discover in this study, the description of love in 1 Corinthians 13 is really a picture of who Jesus is, with all of the astounding aspects of that. It is a tough love that never ceases to be engaged. Prepare to be shocked at what we discover about love in these verses, and be ready to be graciously convicted as the truth about His holy love ...

If we knew our days here on this earth were short, what would we want to share and with whom would we want to share it? This is the atmosphere of Paul’s final written words to his beloved son, Timothy. Composed and sent from the dark, cold lower chamber of Rome’s maximum-security prison, awaiting execution, Paul not only encourages Timothy but also strongly admonishes him. Like a father placing his hands on his son’s shoulders and looking him straight in the eye, Paul lovingly and firmly speaks about the things that truly matter. In 2 Timothy chapters 3 and 4, he passionately urges ...

From the Author: Do you have any "life lessons" that the Lord Jesus so graciously and patiently keeps bringing before you...and walking you through? For my wife and me, they are the truths that are shared in this book...things like being longsuffering and engaged; having His long view; stepping back without stepping out; being Jesus dispensers that become sweeter as the years go by; and becoming grace schemers. It keeps coming back to having HIS eternal view of every person and situation. Recent events in our own lives have brought these gracious life lessons even more into focus for us. ...

This is the body of Christ. It is more than just an assembly of individuals. It is the demonstration of Jesus in a supernatural reality --- something ‘more than the sum of the parts’ --- that conveys a beauty and grace that is not of this world. I don’t know about you, but I believe this is needed in our day more than ever. It is why the New Testament, including 1 Corinthians 12, emphasizes so much about the body of Christ and how we function together in it. We live in a day of the ‘fantastic.’ Everything is hyperbole, and we constantly seek higher highs in almost every area of ...

The question is to what degree I will accept the warning for myself. How arrogant will I be in considering myself impervious, unsusceptible or not even connected in any way to idolatry? I, for one, had a clear picture in my mind of idolatry and I was not it! But through the Word the Holy Spirit brought to light the idolatry in my own life --- how I have made idols of family, friends, mentors, jobs, ministry, the church and countless other things and people. I have been caught with the carving tools in my hand, attempting to make them into what I needed and hating them when they failed me. ...

There is no replacing some of the classic daily devotionals, such as My Utmost for His Highest or Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening. My own life has been deeply impacted by the deep and powerful truths contained in these works. LifeMessage 365 is a different kind of devotional. Its intent is to facilitate those who are seeking to know Jesus Christ through a daily immersion in God’s Word. To do this, we will walk day-by-day, for an entire year, in just three passages of scripture: John chapter 15, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, and the letter to Philemon. Yes, you read that correctly! The purpose ...

I was not prepared for the startling truth of the book of Philemon and how it would shake my life. The deep affection and intimacy of relationship. The partnership and sense of connection. The manner of valuing every person, through word and action. These are the bold features that leap off of a one-page letter from Paul to a “beloved friend.” The message is simple, yet beautifully profound: God’s plan is all about relationships, and Jesus wants to share the message of the gospel through our lives as well as our words. Philemon presents us with a picture of relationship as God ...

Have you ever realized that you have been distracted from Jesus and His presence in your life? Has His Word ever slipped onto the back burner or been forgotten in favor of seemingly more pressing things? Have you ever found yourself being caught up in things that may seem acceptable in our culture, yet really pose a spiritual danger? Have you ever felt a deep and urgent sense that you just needed an awakening in your spiritual life? This was the reason for the Apostle Paul writing a letter to a group of Christians in ancient Corinth who were experiencing the same dynamic. In the 10th ...

Jude’s letter to the church in his day was a call for revival. But this was not a call to an event or to specially scheduled services. It was a call to a posture of the heart. Revival is His powerful working among us in a spirit of seeking and responding to Jesus at all costs. There is a hunger and desperation in it. It is the kind of attitude and focus that continually asks the question, ‘Jesus, what do You desire to do in me? What new or deeper level of engagement with You do You want to take me to?’ While a special event or services might help encourage this, it is really something...

This was and still is a radical truth for me regarding Christianity. No longer did I have to try to do the right things, which has been the pattern of my life. If you tell me the right thing to do and how to do it, I will follow instructions to the precise degree in order to get it right. But this concept raised Christianity into an entirely new world for me. The single need of being a Christian is to allow Jesus to live in me and for me to respond to His every move. I do not need to figure things out. I do not need to know what is ahead. He is in charge, and He is in me. I will always be ...

It is not a thing, a doctrine, or a set of standards. Holiness is simply the nature of Jesus Christ being produced in our lives so that He may demonstrate Himself in everything we say, do, and are. In the closing passage of 1 Corinthians 10, Paul crystallizes a simple principle that is indispensable for evangelism and discipleship for all times: revival leads to holiness, which then leads to evangelism. The revelation of His holiness through us in everyday life is God’s plan for winning people to Jesus and making disciples. This has never been more crucial than in the challenging days we ...

While I have always had a deep appreciation for the Lord’s Supper and have experienced God’s grace through this sacrament, He has opened my eyes in a new way to what it is all about through this study of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. In the Lord’s Supper we are recognizing and responding to Jesus’ reality and His gracious offer of “communion” with Him as He lives in us and through us. The same Jesus who walked among the disciples and shared in that Last Supper with them, the same who died and rose again, the same who sent His Spirit to live within us, the same who is coming again . . ...