All true Christians have fellowship with each other.  We share God as our Father in heaven, Jesus as our Lord and Savior and the Holy Spirit living within us.  We share a common salvation and the same eternal home that Jesus has gone to prepare for us.  When you walk in the light and I […]

If you were to go to a movie or a sporting event or watch a parade going down the street, you would have fellowship with others who are seeing the same thing as you.  Fellowship literally means a sharing in common.  The word communion is a synonym.  Fellowship is not a Christian word.  There are […]

When a friend or loved one dies, you are saddened because you know that you will not see them again; you will no longer be able to talk with them and enjoy their company.  They will not be telling their funny stories to make you laugh or lending a sympathetic ear to your problems.  You […]

One of the greatest blessings you have as a Christian is the assurance that after death comes the resurrection.  This life is not all there is.  When you die, you will see the Lord.  When a loved one dies, they will be resurrected.  1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “But I do not want you to be ignorant, […]

From time to time, you are tempted to follow your fleshly desires, to say things you should not say and to sin.  Even Jesus was tempted.  Luke 4:1-2a “Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by […]

God’s people, the Israelites, had just been freed from slavery in Egypt.  God, through Moses, had brought ten terrible plagues upon the Egyptians.  The water in the river had been turned into blood.  Frogs had filled the land.  The plague of gnats was followed by the plague of flies.  The livestock had died by disease […]

Love for your Christian brother and sister is very important and something you should seek to cultivate.  John 13:34-35 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.   By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have […]

The Apostle Paul wrote concerning God’s people, the Israelites, who left Egypt and wandered in the wilderness before reaching the land of Canaan.   1 Corinthians 10:5-11 “But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.  Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we […]

If someone were to ask you what kind of life you have as a Christian, how would you respond?  I think it is good to reflect on how you are living your life to see if you need to make any changes.  Spiritually, would you say you have a joyful Christian life?  Is your life […]

We are all familiar with races.  It could be two children challenging each other as to who will get to a certain place the fastest.  Or it could be organized games in school or even the Olympic Games.  Whoever gets to the goal the fastest is the winner.  The Apostle Paul likens your life as […]