"In The Word" now "Faith Focus"

The previous entries of "In The Word" are now called "Faith Focus" and they will be posted on the LIFELINE ministries blog.

"In The Word" for July 26

July's Theme: HONOR
Proverbs 29:23
A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.


If lips and life do not agree, the testimony will not amount to much.

"In The Word" for July 19

July's Theme: HONOR
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and lovinga favour rather than silver and gold.

No one was ever honored for what he received; honor is the reward for what one has given.

"In The Word" for July 12

July's Theme: HONOR
2 Corinthians 4:3
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

If you were on trial for being a Christian, would thee be enough evidence to convict you?

"In The Word" for July 5

July's Theme: HONOR
Proverbs 19:1
1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

A victory won at the expense of integrity is no victory at all.

"In The Word" for June 28

June's Theme: HUMILITY
Galatians 2:20
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

The Christian life isn't so much about living for God as it is about letting Christ live through me.

In The Word for June 21

June's Theme: HUMILITY
Proverbs 18:12
12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong... that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

In The Word for June 14

June's Theme: HUMILITY
1 Corinthians 3:6, 9
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandryb, ye are God’s building.

"If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. - Isaac Newton

In The Word for June 7

June's Theme: HUMILITY
Philippians 2:5-7
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

The true test of a servant is if he acts like one when he is treated like one.

In The Word for May 31

June's Theme: HUMILITY
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is not thinking of yourself at all.

In The Word for May 24

May's Theme: COURAGE
Proverbs 13:1
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill

In The Word for May 17

May's Theme: COURAGE
Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

"To stand in silence when they should be protesting make cowards out of men." - Abraham Lincoln

In The Word for May 10

May's Theme: COURAGE
Deuteronomy 31:23
And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.

Courage is stepping out of the "comfort zone" and into the "pressure zone."

In The Word for May 3

May's Theme: COURAGE
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

In The Word for April 26

April's Theme: PATIENCE
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. - Albert Einstein

In The Word for April 19

April's Theme: PATIENCE
Ecclesiastes 7:8
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

If a day is worth living at all, then it's worth living with a good attitude.

In The Word for April 12

April's Theme: PATIENCE
James 1:4
But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

There is no shortcut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation.

In The Word for April 5

April's Theme: PATIENCE
Romans 8:25
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

Difficulties to a Christian are only miracles that have not yet happened.

In The Word for March 29

March's Theme: COMMITMENT
Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Serving God is not a position we fill, but a priority we follow.

In The Word for March 22

March's Theme: COMMITMENT

Luke 9:62
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

The man who looks back sooner or later goes back.