Tag: Today in the Word

God, portrayed now like a compassionate father, will not give His people over to judgment and destruction. Though He has every right to permanently overthrow them.

God calls His people to return to Him, but they — like all of humanity, as Apostle Paul tells us in Romans — are a faulty bow.

Evangelism is a temporary task. It will only be necessary as long as this world lasts. One day—not too long from now!

Sing “Jesus Loves Me” as an acknowledgment of your weakness and an affirmation of your trust in God. We are weak, but He is strong!

Joining the work of evangelism means we must highly value the preaching of the Word ourselves, invite others to come hear it, and pray to the Lord to prepare more preachers of the gospel.

Let’s strive to imitate the Macedonians, who “welled up in rich generosity”. Review your financial giving—are you regularly giving to support missionaries or Christian organizations?

Our goal in doing good is never to get praise for ourselves. Rather, our goal is to encourage others to glorify the God in whose name we act.

In today’s passage, Peter and John were also asked to defend their convictions. The Apostles had been “proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.”

We want what is good for them and what accomplishes God’s merciful purposes. Who needs your spiritual compassion? Are you bringing them to meet Christ?

In our study of an evangelist’s heart, today we see that an evangelist is saddened by wickedness.