James 5:16, “Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”  Accountability is an important part of church life that is missing today in many churches. Sadly, most Christians aren’t accountable to anyone. When they struggle with…

1 Thessalonians 5:23, “May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  When Jesus came to this earth He walked in perfect holiness. He lived a life that was separate from the sinful world. Jesus…

Matthew 25:35-36, “35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came…

Ephesians 5:31-32, “31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.”  God said it was not good for man to be alone so He gave Eve…

Mark 14:37, “Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour?” The night of Jesus’ arrest He asked His disciples if they could pray for just one hour, but they ended up falling asleep. The Bible records this event in Mark 14:37-38, “Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. ‘Simon,’ he said to Peter,…

Matthew 28:19-20, “19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”  The only…

1 Timothy 3:14, “If I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.”  The Greek word for church is “ekklesia,” and means, “the gathered and called out ones.” Specifically, in regards to Jesus the church…

2 Corinthians 13:8, “For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.”  We live in a time like that of ancient Rome when after Pilot heard Jesus’ mission to “testify to the truth,” he proudly retorted, “What is truth?” (John 18:37-38). Many people today have adopted a view of truth known as…