God Requires Risky Obedience
“Risk your life and get more than you ever dreamed of.” (Luke 19:26 MSG) If God tells you to take a step of faith but you hesitate to take it until he shows you what the second...
Tagged: Matthew
Our Witness to Non-believers Starts With Friendship
By Jon Walker “On hearing this, Jesus said, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick…. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.’” Matthew 9:12–13 (NIV) Jesus knew who...
What Do I Do With This, God?
By Jon Walker “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” (2 Corinthians 4:8–9 NIV) When we confess our belief in...
Your Sacrifice Is a Fragrant Offering to God
By Jon Walker “Walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:2 (NIV) When Mary used her hair to...
Jesus Empowers You to Tell Others About Him
By Jon Walker “When Jesus heard this, he said, ‘Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.’ Then he added, ‘Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: “I want you to show mercy, not offer...