1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (Running to Obtain) 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, […]

Ephesians 5:1-8 (In the Footsteps of the Master – Followership) …..5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of […]

Exodus 24:12-18 (Pressing into God’s Presence) 12 The Lord said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”…. 15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, 16 and the glory […]

Philippians 3:12-14 (Pressing towards the Mark) 12-14 I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all […]

Hebrews 12:1-3 (Pressing on in 2019 – New Year’s Day) 1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus […]