1. ATTEND. Never miss a church-service unless it is absolutely necessary. If you missed work, you would be fired. If you missed the big ball game, the coach would dismiss you from the team. You make the utmost effort to attend the things most important to you. Dwight L. Moody

Church leaders ask this question to measure their results. It allows them to calculate whether it's worth the time & money to continue the effort. Consider this scenario: 2,000 gospel tracts are distributed with a clear message of God's redemptive plan of salvation. The result is only 1 person visits

1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. Focus on the phrase "to them that perish". That should be enough to bring your mind to "the preaching of the cross"

Have we surrendered to the right things? Seems we live in a day when American Christianity has become full of diluted doctrine coming from overweight ministers! Many preachers have their bellies full of the things of this world. Many Christians have surrendered to the allure of trivial trinkets. We need

See the good PATH Proverbs 2:8-9 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. Proverbs 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths

One: You've received a new birth. John 3:3 Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. John 3:7 Ye must be born again. Two: You're a new man. Ephesians 4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is

We find a way to win at sports, and in the realms of academia and music. We find ways to win at the stock market and in the financial world. Millions of dollars are wasted yearly on people trying to win the lottery through gambling. We find a way to

As Christians, we "were dead in sins", now we are "dead to sin". Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) This is who we WERE! But it's not who we ARE anymore. Romans 6:2 How

Just about every comfort known to man is available to Christians who have been blessed to live in America. The appetite for satisfaction has been filled. Most have successful careers that provide enough money to purchase cars and homes. With left-over expendable income, we are satisfied through our collection of

An uncommitted person has their mind occupied by hundreds of things, so it's near impossible to be committed to anything. Commitment isn't bothered by the truth, nor the people around them that love them enough to tell them the truth. Commitment doesn't change the subject to avoid addressing the issue.

James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. We cannot keep the law. All it does is show us as we are transgressors. Galatians 3:19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions.

Pride and jealousy develops quickly when comparing yourself to others. Why focus on what other people have or don't have? Instead, focus on something YOU can be thankful to God for. Why waste time trying to figure out why someone else does a 'certain-thing' or doesn't do a 'certain thing'?

If you've wandered deep into a forest in the middle of the night, with no full moon to cast any light, you would be lost in pitch-black darkness Under those conditions, the slightest flicker of light would get your attention. If you truly wanted to be delivered from darkness, you

Imagine getting up early to mow the grass and make your family a hot breakfast. On your way to work, you drop off a dozen fresh eggs to the neighbors, as an act of kindness. During your break, you offer to buy your co-worker lunch. You outperform all your job

Have you ever asked: What am I going to preach or teach on? Opening the bible is the easy part. We have 2 Testaments containing 66 books. Within those books are 1,189 Chapters. The chapters contain 31,102 verses. The verses are made up of 783, 137 words. The

If you owned a hardware store and were looking for a young man to help sell all the latest high-tech tools on the market, WHO would you hire, and HOW would you do it? For starters, forget about asking potential candidates to send in their resume. Instead, put a simple

People say they love the Bible, but end up ignoring the verses they don't like. For example: Jeremiah 10 says: Learn not the way of the heathen. Yet, many Christians are ok with watching Hocus Pocus & reading Harry Potter. They are fine with celebrating every heathen holiday that comes up

Ecclesiastes 9:11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to

Romans 3:24 Being justified... Justified is a legal term, having to do with law. Being justified doesn't make you, as a person, righteous. Being justified means you, as a person, received a pronouncement of righteousness. It means your position before the Law is now innocent and not guilty. Romans

When you look into a mirror and see a spot or blemish on your face, you don't start rubbing the mirror on your face in hopes of removing the spots. The mirror simply reveals to you what's on your face. The mirror is not the cleansing agent. The Bible says

Numbers 21:8-9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon

Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with ALL unrighteousness... Romans 1:29 doesn't say: being filled with SOME unrighteousness; leaving us with

When a stressful situation hits, it's best to deal with it at that moment. The solution isn't to panic, overanalyze, overeat or stay up all night obsessing over an outcome you have no control over. These are forms of stall tactics, which often leads to prolonging the stress into the

The age-old question asked by children has always been WHY? This powerfully simply one-word question of WHY is something they all ask in varying degrees. WHY do I have to do that? WHY can't I do this? WHY, Why, why??? This question of starting with WHY isn't a bad thing.

Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Many Christians have gotten good at gathering together. The habit of assembling at a church-house has been developed. The