Gregory E. Lang's Blog, page 21
October 10, 2011
Embrace Every Opportunity.
Embrace every opportunity. Opportunities are placed in your path every day, not to test your faith and will, but to reveal your faith and will to you. Use every opportunity to share your faith, for the more often you do, … Continue reading →
October 7, 2011
A Ponderable
The only thing a person can contribute to their own salvation is the sin that makes it necessary. Now that's worth pondering; that's deep.
October 5, 2011
Ask for help. You cannot save yourself, nor can you conqu...
Ask for help. You cannot save yourself, nor can you conquer your own sin. But Jesus can, and he waits patiently, listening for you to call on him. Make your requests in his name, depending on the merit and mediation … Continue reading →
October 3, 2011
Prayer
There is a limit to the power of prayer. We are not to expect that God will give us everything we choose to ask for. We know that we sometimes ask, and do not receive, because what we ask for … Continue reading →
September 30, 2011
Into the Lost World
I believe too many Christians fall so deeply in love with their church community that they completely immerse themselves in it at the expense of walking in the lost world. The company of fellow Christians becomes desired above the company … Continue reading →
September 27, 2011
Ponder this today…
No matter how far and often we fall into moral corruption, God always loves us and will answer our calls for Him. How wonderful that we cannot condemn ourselves beyond the point of His forgiveness, that we can be washed … Continue reading →
September 26, 2011
Are You Responsible?
Embrace your responsibility. The work of evangelism is hard, but to shy away from it is to leave room for lies and chaos to fill the spaces where the truth should be. Boast of the Word and its teachings about … Continue reading →
September 21, 2011
Proverbs 3:5-6
I once prided myself believing I had all the answers to life's most perplexing questions. Older and wiser, and more humble, I now see how foolish a view that was. Today, when I don't have answers, when I don't understand, … Continue reading →
September 19, 2011
Lead By Example
Lead by example. The business of the church is not only to save, but to enlighten. Christ is the light, and his disciples must also be light. To fit in with the crowd is to miss an opportunity to be … Continue reading →
September 15, 2011
Serve The Flock (that means everyone)
Serve the flock. Christ demonstrated his love by serving others, even offering his life to save yours. Greatness in the kingdom of heaven consists in doing, rather than in being, and in doing for others, rather than for yourself. Greatness … Continue reading →
