Acts 24:10-16 (Pressing Acceptably with Pure Conscience) 14 “But one thing I do confess, that I believe in the way of salvation, which they refer to as a sect; I follow that system of serving the God of our ancestors; I firmly believe in the Jewish law and everything written in the books of prophecy; 15 and […]

Acts 20:18-27 (Follow Through and Fulfill Your Call/Life Purpose) …20 Yet I never shrank from telling you the truth, either publicly or in your homes. 21I have had one message for Jews and Gentiles alike—the necessity of turning from sin to God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.22 “And now I am going to Jerusalem, drawn […]

Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 (Pressing Unto Empty Pursuits) 10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, and this was the reward for all my toil. 11 Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, […]

Luke 10:38-42 (Pressing On in Life, in the Mindset of Mary or Martha – The Lords Feet) 38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lords feet listening to […]

1 Corinthians 15:12-20 (Resurrection – The Heart of the Christian Message) 12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if […]