Recent Posts Tagged With 'reliance on christ'

• Container problems

  Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 15:09 in family, prayer requests, reliance on christ, life in africa

  I know that it has been an incredibly long time since I have posted anything on our blog other than the monthly updates.  Yes, we are still alive, and I do plan on writing more often once we have an internet connection of our own.  For now, though,...

• A week of study

  Posted on Tuesday January 27th, 2009 at 00:50 in Bible, ministry, sermon, reliance on christ

  Several weeks ago I was asked to speak at our church’s Men’s Prayer Breakfast on the 31st of this month.  Then a couple days ago our pastor asked me to take the entire service this Wednesday night to preach and share some details about o...

• John 15:8

  Posted on Friday July 25th, 2008 at 21:54 in Bible, God, Christian life, Discipleship, glory, john 15, reliance on christ

  Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. We exist to glorify God. Period. If you have not come to the point yet where you realize that the sole purpose for your existence on this planet is to glorify God, ...

• John 15:5

  Posted on Friday June 27th, 2008 at 08:12 in God, Christian life, evangelism, john 15, reliance on christ

  I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. It just doesn’t get much clearer than this, does it?  Jesus says in very clear terms that He, and He...

• John 15:4

  Posted on Tuesday June 10th, 2008 at 15:33 in Bible, Christian life, glory, john 15, reliance on christ

  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. Jesus here lays down a very simple and unchanging truth: that all fruit, all success, all labor, all of our very...

• An expensive conversation

  Posted on Friday April 4th, 2008 at 18:04 in ministry, prayer requests, provision, coworkers, togo, reliance on christ

  I recently called our veteran coworker, Randy Alderman, to discuss our coming to Togo in Jan/Feb of next year.  We had a really great talk and it made us all the more excited to finally get over there and be involved in the ministry.  One thing tha...

• Oswald Chambers

  Posted on Wednesday March 5th, 2008 at 19:29 in Christian life, Worship, reliance on christ

  First of all, if you’ve never read “My Utmost for His Highest,” by Oswald Chambers, you really should. It’s a daily reading kind of book, just one page per day. It is basically a collection of writings and sermon/lecture exc...