In His Image Ministries

Saturday November 4 Bible Reading:     Eph. 1: 15 - 23 Topic:                  Christian Growth In Faith And Unity In the prayer for the Church at Ephesus, which we find in today's reading, Paul commends them for their faith in the Lord and their love for Christians everywhere. In contrast, the modern day Church is tragically divided along national, ethnic, cultural and denominational lines. As a result Christians lose focus on the Centrality and Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. This lack of unity not only stunts the Christian's growth because he cannot fathom the depth of the love of Christ by which he was redeemed, it also makes the Body of Christ unable to take a united, principled stand against the onslaught of doctrines and philosophies and other forms of attack against the Church's 'ministry of reconciliation' Dear Christian, can it be sai...

Monday October 30 Bible Reading:     Rom. 15: 1 - 13 Topic:                  By The Spirit Of Unity, Grow And Serve God The theme of unity Paul began to treat once he began to teach how Christians should behave, from Romans 12: 9, in love for all including our enemies (vs. 17 - 21); he elaborated in Romans 13 to indicate the need for a viable Christian witness, that involves our submission to the authorities. In Romans 14: 1 through Romans 15: 1 - 13, Paul tells us how in fellowship of God's Church, Christians should bear with one another in strength and weakness over every department of life in the choice of what to eat or to drink, wear, e.t.c. and not being judgmental or "destroy a brother for whom Christ died" What God wants is that in His Church, those who are strong should get along and bear with the inadequacies of the weak amongst them ...