DISCIPLE

  What does this mean? Is it a new denomination? No, it’s a description of a certain group of Christians, very widespread today. It means Sunday Morning Only. “Sunday morning only” Christians attend a meeting only on Sunday mornings and are absent from the others: the gospel meeting, prayer meeting and Bible study. Numbers in attendance are high on Sunday morning, but sadly low at all the other meetings.     This is not biblical behavior, for Acts 2:42 describes the conduct of the early Christians: “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.” Not occasionally, but rather, they “continued steadfastly.” The Common English Bible translates, “The believers devoted themselves.” In the Amplified Bible we read, “They were continually and faithfully devoting themselves.” No one meeting was considered more important than the others.      In our experience we have seen many Roman Catholic...

   by William MacDonald "This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you .”" (Exodus 12:2) New Year’s resolutions are good but fragile, that is, easily broken. New Year’s prayers are better; they ascend to the throne of God and set answering wheels in motion. As we come to the beginning of another year, we would do well to make the following prayer requests our own: · Lord Jesus, I rededicate myself afresh to You today. I want you to take my life this coming year and use it for Your glory. “Take my life and let it be consecrated, Lord, to Thee.” · I pray that You will keep me from sin, from anything that will bring dishonor to Your Name. · Keep me teachable by the Holy Spirit. I want to move forward for You. Don’t let me settle in a rut. · May my motto this year be, “He must increase; I must decrease.” The glory must all be Yours. Help me not to touch it. · Teach me to make every decision a matter of prayer...