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Instructing and encouraging you to live your life as a disciple of Jesus

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Discouraged?

August 8, 2022 by Tim Sherfy

Are you feeling tired or discouraged? Life has gotten more challenging for Christians in the West in recent years. While our brothers and sisters across the globe have long been dealing with pressures worse than we currently face, for most of us, persecution is new. Pastors in Canada are jailed simply for holding a church service. Churches in America are occasionally overrun with protesters.

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The pressure to conform to society’s ideas of wrong and right or face ostracization is rampant. This is not the world in which most of us grew up. Having spent most of our lives at ease, the time has come when our faith is being put to the test. For some, hope seems lost. But take heart; this is not the end. Your reward is coming.

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Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: 1 Samuel, commitment, Deuteronomy, eternity, Heaven, Hebrews, hope, I John, John, Matthew, mission, persecution, rest, Revelation

We Belong to the Lord

August 4, 2022 by Tim Sherfy

Our only hope in this world is knowing we belong to God. If we were on our own, the weight and struggles of this life would crush us. The pressure would annihilate us. But thanks be to God, we are not alone. We are not our own. The life we live, we live because of Jesus and for Jesus.

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Paul reminds us in Romans 14:7-8 that whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Our purpose for living is to do the work of our Lord. And when we die, we die for Him, having run the race and doing all He has given us to do (2 Timothy 4:7-8). This is our hope: we belong to the Lord.

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Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: 2 Timothy, catechism, commitment, Fear, hope, John, Love, Philippians, Psalms, Romans, salvation, security

The End is Near

August 1, 2022 by Tim Sherfy

Every generation has raised the alarm that the end is near. Whether it was war, famine, disease, or outright evil, proclamations of the end of the world have never been too far removed from the culture. Christianity has fed into this with countless so-called prophets predicting the second coming of the Lord. The Lord is coming back, but we know from Jesus Himself that no one knows when that day will be (Matthew 24:36).

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That means every prediction about the timing of His return will be wrong. You would think with so many proclamations of how short time is that Christians would have lived like it was true at some point. But even after hundreds of years of predicted doom, we still carry on as if we have all the time in the world to make things right. So what if Jesus actually comes back today?

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Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: commitment, Discipleship, Galatians, I Peter, John, Matthew, priorities

The Truth Is

July 25, 2022 by Tim Sherfy

The truth is God’s Word. The truth is Jesus. There is no your truth, my truth, his truth, her truth. There is only the truth. The opinions of this world will always be just that: opinions. Truth is unchanging and eternal. No amount of virtue signaling or cultural capitulation can change the truth. Any activity or opinion that violates the Word of God is not just wrong, it is sin and open rebellion against the God who created you.

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Maybe you don’t believe in God, or perhaps you do, but don’t believe in the Creation story of the Bible. It doesn’t matter. The truth is that you are wrong because the truth does not change based on your opinions or beliefs. God defines what is true, not any of us.

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Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: Discipleship, Ephesians, John, Love, Luke, Mark, Matthew, priorities, Romans, salvation, surrender

Different Perspectives

July 21, 2022 by Tim Sherfy

How do you feel about those who don’t share your faith or even your outlook? It can be a struggle to relate to those who don’t serve God and indeed chase after false gods and idols. Jesus didn’t look at those who did not believe in Him with anything but love. He wept over the lost souls in Jerusalem (Luke 19:41-42). Every soul mattered to Jesus, whether they were Jew, Gentile, or Samaritan.

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In the same way, every soul must matter to us regardless of their ethnicity or religious belief system. Everyone is our neighbor and we should love them as we love ourselves (Matthew 22:36-40). Different perspectives do not call for different reactions. Our disposition should always be love, and our motivation to save them from an eternity in Hell, forever separated from their beautiful Creator.

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Filed Under: Daily Life Tagged With: ambassadors, gospel, Hell, John, Luke, Matthew, mission

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