Purposefully Making Christ the Focus of the Christmas Season Rick Renner Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. — Colossians 3:2 It is so easy to be distracted at Christmastime by the anticipation of gifts and holiday festivities. That is why it is so important that you follow Paul’s instruction … More Purposefully Making Christ the Focus of the Christmas Season
Are You Preparing for the Christmas Holidays? Rick Renner Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. — 2 Peter 3:14 This is the time of the year when many people decorate their houses and dress things up for … More Are You Preparing for the Christmas Holidays?
Angel’s Food Rick Renner To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna…. — Revelation 2:17 In yesterday’s Sparkling Gem, we saw that Jesus expects us to overcome. And this “overcoming” is not just a one-time event. He has given us the power and the authority to consistentlymaintain victory in the … More Angel’s Food ($500.00 cyber bonus last day)
A Promise to Those Who Are Overcoming Rick Renner …To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna…. — Revelation 2:17 Right now you may feel that insurmountable odds are arrayed against you. However, let me assure you that you are not the first person to feel this way. If you … More A Promise to Those Who Are Overcoming (over $500.00 in bonuses today only Cyber Monday)
Why Do People Sometimes Collapse in the Presence of God? Rick Renner And when I [John] saw him [Christ], I fell at his feet as dead…. — Revelation 1:17 Over my years of serving God, I have noticed that often when people have encounters with God, they physically fall. Sometimes they fall forward, and at … More Why Do People Sometimes Collapse in the Presence of God? (Your $400.00 Blackfriday gift is waiting…)
The Experience of a Lifetime! Rick Renner He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. — Matthew 10:39 When our family first arrived in the former USSR, we disembarked the airplane to find Soviet soldiers standing all around the landing strip with machine … More The Experience of a Lifetime! (Your $400.00 Blackfriday gift is waiting…)
The Priviledge and the Responsibility of Ministry Rick Renner But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. — 1 Thessalonians 2:7 Today we are going to continue looking at what Paul wrote about his ministry to the church in Thessalonica. Paul was greatly moved by his love for this particular … More The Priviledge and the Responsibility of Ministry
God’s Testimony of Your Heart Rick Renner For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you … More God’s Testimony of Your Heart
The Desire To Impart Rick Rennert So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. — 1 Thessalonians 2:8 In the past few Sparkling Gems, we’ve seen how Paul was not motivated by … More The Desire To Impart
Living in the Limelight Rick Renner Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. — 1 Thessalonians 2:6 Another pitfall that has short-circuited the call of God in lives of others is a desire for glory or fame. But … More Living in the Limelight
