Any student longs for the day of their graduation in order to finally abandon the arduous demands and testing placed on an apprentice.  Yet the Lord calls His sons and daughters to a lifetime of apprenticeship.   Do you consider yourself to be learned in the ways of the Lord?  If so, let the wise continue learning.  Proverbs 1:5 teaches the wise to hear and “increase in learning”.  Furthermore, Proverbs 9:9 says that the wise man will be taught to be still wiser, and the righteous man will “increase in learning”.  Truly the depths of the knowledge and wisdom of the...

Do you remember the day you received Jesus Christ as your personal savior?  Didn’t it feel like you had all you needed at that moment?  You had found the One who could fill your whole life.  He was enough. That day your life had meaning, purpose and direction; and it all pointed to Jesus.   In the Scriptures we find the personal testimonies of those who found fulfillment in their lives as they ran the good race.  Four such testimonies are:    The Experience of The Psalmist After having experienced God’s dealings in his life, David declared that the one thing...

The Great Shepherd faithfully leads and feeds His sheep.  We are the flock of the Lord called to follow the divine teaching of our Lord Jesus.  He sends forth His word to instruct His people.  All too often the Church is in a state of malnutrition and ailment because we do not have a tender and teachable heart.  Rather we receive our fill from natural and even carnal pastures.  We wonder why we are spiritually weak, yet far too often we are filled with ideologies of this world, and void of the Holy Spirit.  The “Great Shepherd” of the sheep is also the “Good...