church of Christ at Cloud 9

God is known as our Father in heaven.  Each of us had a father on earth.  It is said that each of us initially views the nature of our heavenly Father as being like our earthly father.  If your father was missing, distant or did not spend much time with you, then you might see […]

The Apostle Paul, and those with him, prayed the following prayer for the Colossians.  Colossians 1:9-12 “For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;  that […]

I encourage you to use this moment to analyze how you spend your time.  Sure, there is time for sleeping and eating.  There will be time you spend working, whether that is working for pay or just working to accomplish things that need to be done.  But these surely do not account for all of […]

God has given you the gift of salvation.  Ephesians 2:4-9 “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit […]

Are you discontent?  There may be at least two situations where you may be discontent.  The first is when you don’t have everything you need – you are in a bad situation.  Perhaps you don’t have enough to eat or you are in pain that stays with you or you are experiencing some other bad […]

In the New Testament we are told that the church in Corinth had many problems.  One of these problems was that they were divided.  One reason for their divisions was that they were following men.  1 Corinthians 1:12-13a “Now I say this, that each of you says, ‘I am of Paul,’ or ‘I am of […]

Philippians 4:8 “Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy — meditate on these things.”  To meditate on these things is to make them […]

To people of the world, Christianity is foolishness.  1 Corinthians 1:18 “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”  People of the world do not appreciate why the cross is important.  They see that Jesus was convicted […]

There are many things in this world that you and I can worry about.  You can worry about your health, especially if you are not well, diagnosed with a disease or had an accident.  You can worry about being able to pay for things that you need, whether that be food or clothes or medical […]

Are you a saint?  Maybe your initial reaction is to quickly deny that you are a saint – there is nothing special about your Christian life.  But what is a saint?  All true Christian believers are saints.  The term does not simply apply to persons of exceptional holiness.  It does not apply just to those […]