Commitment to Christ Involves Prayer – Part 3

Prayer, it all comes to this, prayer. At the end of the day you need to know how to pray. If you are going to be effective in your Christian life and in your Christian ministry you must pray, and you must pray correctly. Here is the third lesson about prayer that we learn in […]

Commitment to Christ Involves Prayer – Part 1

Imagine if there was a phone that would connect someone directly with God. Imagine if that phone was offered to you to make a phone call for free. You probably would be extremely excited with the opportunity. With all the challenges and problems that we all face nowadays; it really would be exhilarating.  Now imagine […]

Commitment to Christ Involves Listening to the Word – Part 3

Maybe you are one of those many who keep your Bible closed most of the week, or just open it once in a while. As we are learning, our commitment to Christ involves listening to the Word. The biggest question is, what should we do, or what should be our attitudes toward the Word?  We […]

Commitment to Christ Involves Listening to the Word – Part 2

Without reading, meditating, and studying the Bible, we cannot know Christ. Because of that our commitment to Him will involve a commitment with His Word. There is no secret, or special formula in this process. You need to know the Bible to know Christ, the Real One. In JOHN 15: 1-17, Jesus teaches, not only His disciples […]

Commitment to Christ Involves Conversion – Part 3

In JOHN 15: 1-17, Jesus uses the vine and the branches to illustrate the commitment of a disciple with Him. It is important for us to understand that that commitment involves conversion.  As we are seeing, conversion is the starting point in our Commitment with Christ. We also are learning that conversion happens in different ways. It […]

Commitment to Christ Involves Conversion – Part 2

In JOHN 15: 1-17 we learn, in a beautiful way, about our commitment with Christ. This commitment among other things involves conversion. You need to be connected with Christ. Now, there is no one way to be converted, or to become a Christian. Conversion happens in different ways. Let me share with you some of those ways: […]

Five Stones to Face Your Giant – Commitment – Part 3

Commitment, you cannot fight your enemies without it. In the story of David, we learn that his commitment was very important to face Goliath. You can read that story in 1 SAMUEL 16: 11-13. We saw that he had commitment with God and commitment with his family. Today we will see one more commitment that he […]

Five Stones to Face Your Giant – Commitment – Part 2

One of the important stones to face our giant is commitment. Without commitment we cannot overcome the challenges that we face in our life. In David’s story we learn that he was a committed person. You can read that part of the story in 1 SAMUEL 16: 11-13. Let us learn from him the kind of […]

Five Stones to Face Your Giant – Commitment – Part 1

So far, we have seen three stones to face our giants, Courage, Creativity, and Character. Today we will start to look at the next one, COMMITMENT. In Max Garfinkle’s “Ideas for Leaders”, he describes THREE TYPES OF COMMITMENT. Here they are: “To understand commitment, let’s first look at examples from outside of the workplace of […]

By the Sea – The Place of a Second Chance – Part 2

Our God, is a God of second chances. In our series Encounters with the Resurrected Christ we are learning important lessons. In John 21: 15-19, we learn about the encounter that He had with Peter by the sea. That encounter teaches us precious lessons about second chances. 2 – It Comes with More Responsibility The second lesson about second […]