church of Christ at Cloud 9

There is a spiritual war going on within us and around us. Ephesians 6:10-12 “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against […]

We are given the story of blind Bartimaeus in Mark 10:46-52 “Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out […]

All of us have within ourselves the conflict between the flesh and the spirit.  The apostle Paul wrote about this conflict in Romans 7:21-23 “I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good.  For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man.  […]

As a Christian, you are a follower of Jesus Christ.  You have made Him your Lord and you seek to do His will.  But you find there are times when you do contrary to His will, and other times when you don’t do the good that you know you should.  Well, don’t feel alone.  Every […]

Our God wants us to depend upon Him for strength and not upon ourselves.  I am not talking about physical strength but strength in character. In many societies, independence and personal strength is seen as a virtue.  As Christians, we also want to be strong, but our strength is not in ourselves but our strength […]

As Christians, we all have faith in Jesus Christ.  How did you come by your faith?  Someone had to tell you about Jesus and share with you the word of God.  It could have been your parents or a friend or someone at a church you attended.  I have heard of some who found a […]

Consider the instruction of Psalm 15.  “LORD, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who may dwell in Your holy hill? He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart; he who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his […]

Non-Christians often think about fulfilling their fleshly desires.  Ephesians 2:3 “Among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.” We all once had our minds on our fleshly desires […]

Some preach “hell, fire and brimstone” to put the fear of God in their listeners.  As a result, those who hear them are motivated by fear to obey God and live their lives in great fear of His punishment if they sin.  On the other hand, others preach that God is love and goodness.  As […]

In most societies, submission has a bad connotation.  It brings up ideas of slavery or other forms of domination, which we see as bad.  But submission is part of God’s order of things.  First, we are told to submit to God.  James 4:6-7a “But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:  ‘God resists the proud, […]