Weekly Challenge
Each week Pastor Rob sends out a weekly challenge to encourage you to engage your faith in a real and practical way. Typically you can expect an email on Monday mornings with a scripture to consider and a challenge to apply that scripture throughout your week. SUBSCRIBE by clicking here (http://eepurl NULL.com/Gqv_).
James 1:22-25 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
January 3, 2011
Scripture:
Romans 10:10 – For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Please note that true belief resides in your heart, not in your mind. It is not an intellectual assurance but rather a genuine acceptance within yourself. But belief should not stop there, from your inward faith must come an … Read More
December 27, 2010
Scripture:
Psalm 51:10 – Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
This verse is significant in two areas, repentance and creation. The verb translated create is the same one used in Genesis 1:1 and refers to what only God can do. David was asking that his heart be renewed, restored, and transformed. … Read More
December 20, 2010
Scripture:
Philippians 4:9 – The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.
Not only did Paul instruct believers in what to do, but he showed them by living his life in the same way. Paul urges the believers to practice the things which they … Read More
December 13, 2010
Scripture:
2 Timothy 1:6 - Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
Paul says to young Timothy, “You have a gift my son, you have a godly heritage, now get out there and use your gift.” Notice, Paul says that Timothy is to stir up … Read More
December 6, 2010
Scripture:
Nehemiah 8:10 - “…Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
When Nehemiah came to rebuild the walls of the temple in Jerusalem, it was not the first time this had been attempted. Ezra had successfully rebuilt the temple but whenever Ezra and the people tried to work on the walls they came up against … Read More
