#true discipleship

Why Christ Alone Must Be Our Shepherd 1. Opening Illustration: When Control Replaces Love My great‑grandma once sat at her kitchen table and cried because her own grandson — my uncle — didn’t come to see her. He didn’t come to the rededication of her and my great‑grandpa’s vows either. Not because he didn’t love her. Not because he didn’t want to be there. He stayed away because his pastor did…

What kind of a disciple are you? Hopefully better than Judas. Read. Like. Share.

And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. Matthew 26:23 KJV I understand everyone isn’t blessed to work with a coworker who’s a believer. Working alongside someone who understands the Christian struggle and can provide fellowship throughout an otherwise hectic work schedule is refreshing. They’re like a fresh breeze in sweltering heat and…

HOMILY OF 1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT, YEAR A

STAY AWAKE AND ACTIVE!!! 1st Reading: Isaiah 2:1-5; 2nd Reading: Romans 13:11-14; Gospel: Matthew 24:37-44 Every human person has his or her destiny to fulfil, and to do this effectively he or she needs to be awake and active. To be awake means to be alert, mentally perceptive and responsive; and to rouse from sleep or to come out of darkness into light. On the other hand, to be active means to…

DCLM Daily Manna – True Discipleship

Topic: True Discipleship [Sunday August 27, 2017] Text: Luke 14:25-35

Key Verse: “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple” (Luke 14:26).

Those who enlist in armies globally are for most part, those with a fearless comportment. There is hardly a space for the faint at heart,…

Following Jesus in Radical Discipleship

Jesus said in the Gospel of Matthew: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.” Therefore, true conversion results in Christians who live for Jesus Christ every hour of the day, not just one hour on Sunday. These are the true Christians who are love-slaves of Jesus Christ and who know they have…