When we become a Christian, we enter a fierce race. If we go into the race thinking we’ll never win, then we do not have faith in the promises of God.

Paul, in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 encourages the Corinthians (and by extension, us) to stay in the fight because there are better things waiting for us. We may be enduring some affliction, but it is preparing us for what he calls “the eternal weight of glory

Running the race is difficult, but the reward is indescribable. Just remember, you only get the prize if you keep going to the end. I encourage you to press on.

What does it mean to exhort in a bible sense? It is urging one another to walk the faith of Christ!

What emotions arise in your heart when it is time to go to the house of the Lord? Has it been reluctance, indifference or gladness?

Every day speaks a unique message, and every night declares knowledge to inhabitants of the earth about the eternal God, His glory, deity, sovereignty, power and love. Man may hear and see but may not understand. Not understanding will not change God’s plan!

Beloved, there are overriding spiritual implications on our disposition toward money that tells whether we worship money, thus are idolaters, who are abomination to God, as opposed to those who have gained mastery over money and use it as a tool that it is to give motion to godly vision.

Are your life decisions predicated on need or on the leading from the Lord? If it is on the former you can open yourself up to temptation.

Our obedience to God can be tested as God did Abraham, and as He did Christ, His own son in Hebrews 2:10. Every test of obedience is a test of conformity to sonship.

An elitist attitude is not God’s response to dealing with the errant in the body of Christ. It takes humility to handle the situation right.