What Kind of Person Are You? Paul affirms Tychicus as a dear friend, faithful minister, and servant of God Tychicus is a character in the Bible who most people don’t know. His name occurs only five times, once in Acts and four times in Paul’s...
Are You a Person of Integrity? Righteousness is Another Word for Integrity Someone once surprised me, catching me off guard by calling me a “man of integrity.” Though honored by their perception, I shook my head. Yes, I aspire to be a person of...
Do We Have an Inward Focus or an Outward Focus? Focusing on Ourselves Is Selfish While Focusing on Others Is Selfless There was a time when I headed up our church’s small group initiative. One of the things I learned was that small groups with...
Jesus Calls Us To Serve With Humility Living a life for Jesus is living contrary to our culture Jesus often warns his followers to not be hypocrites. As an example of who not to emulate, he usually singles out the religious leaders. This is a...
Are We Just Doing Our Job or Getting God’s Attention? Jesus gives a brief story about the interaction between a servant and his master. The conclusion is that the servant should not expect any praise or special treatment for merely doing...
God as the Master The next word picture for God, is him as the master and we as his servants. With God as our master we see him as being in charge; he is the boss and directs our activities. Extending this image to us, there is a need to follow...
