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Sunday Morning Ministry
090802 Sunday, August 02, 2009 Daily Message (Ministry)
Philippians 4:13

I wanted you to know, in case you weren't aware, that every Sunday morning I post an audio message on our blog for folks who might not be able to make it to Church, or who just want to hear some teaching. You'll find it at http://www.riggsfamilyblog.com | Read Devotionals

Having a Joy-Filled Life In Troubled Times: Summary
090804 Tuesday, August 04, 2009 Daily Message (Joy)
Philippians 4:13

Part 8

I wanted to wrap up our series with an encouraging summary of the truths we have learned. I hope these will bless you and help you find a joy-filled life, good times or bad. | Read Devotionals

Having a Joy-Filled Life In Troubled Times: The Joy Killer - Worry
090803 Monday, August 03, 2009 Daily Message (Joy)
Philippians 4:13

Part 7

I can do all things, including having joy in any circumstance no matter how difficult, through Christ who strengthens me. I can do all things, and be joyful in the most troubling of times, through Christ who strengthens me. | Read Devotionals

Having a Joy-Filled Life In Troubled Times: All for Christ - Keeping the Right Focus
090731 Friday, July 31, 2009 Daily Message (Joy)
Philippians 3:20

Part 6

First and foremost in your ability to have a spiritual mind, is the issue of salvation. A person who is not saved has no hope of either a spiritual mind or genuine effective joy. It is not religion or church or tradition that brings eternal life or joy but only a genuine saving faith in Jesus Christ. | Read Devotionals

Having a Joy-Filled Life In Troubled Times: Joy Through Humility
090730 Thursday, July 30, 2009 Daily Message (Joy)
Philippians 2:1-3

Part 5

The path to true joy is found in humility and focus on others, not on self. The unity of Christians is cemented through putting others first, being humble and thinking more highly of others than we do ourselves. | Read Devotionals

Having a Joy-Filled Life In Troubled Times: The Growth of the Gospel, cont'd
090728 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Daily Message (Joy)
Philippians 1:27-30

Part 4

When you consider the keys to joy that we have discussed so far and evaluate your response to troubled times in light of them, it may become abundantly obvious why you are not experiencing joy as we see life all around us becoming more difficult and more troubled. | Read Devotionals

Open Season on All the Blogs - Every Friday But Today Too Just to Kick It Off
090727 Monday, July 27, 2009 Daily Message (Questions)

This is a little different for SeriousFaith, but I wanted to give readers here a chance to ask questions too. | Read Devotionals

Having a Joy-Filled Life In Troubled Times: The Growth of the Gospel
090723 Thursday, July 23, 2009 Daily Message (Joy)
Phil 1:12

Part 3

Philippians 1:12 - But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, (NKJV) Remember our main point up to now: a key to having joy in troubled times is our focus on Christ. And one way to focus on Christ is to make the gospel a priority in your life. Simply put, it’s hard to be joyless when you are focused on and sharing the Good News of Salvation. In Philippians chapter 1 verses 12 to 26, you see that Paul focuses on Christ being preached and to live is to honor Christ. Instead of lamenting his circumstances, he chooses to take joy in everything that happened to him, God allowed so that the Gospel could be promoted: Philippians 1:12 - But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, (NKJV) | Read Devotionals

Having a Joy-Filled Life In Troubled Times: Fellowship in the Gospel
090722 Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Daily Message (Joy)
Phil 1:4

Part 2

Choose to pray for others. Choose to bless others. Choose to focus on others and not yourself. Choose happiness. Choose righteousness. Choose self discipline. Choose joy. A key to having joy in troubled times is to choose to focus on others, praying and blessing them rather than focusing on your own circumstances. | Read Devotionals

Having A Joy-filled Life in Troubled Times
090722 Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Daily Message (Joy)
Phil 1:4

Part 1

It would seem from the correspondence that I get, the general feeling across the board is that the world is becoming a more troubled place. Economic times are hard, society is moving farther away from God, it seems overall Christianity is increasingly attacked and open aggression against believers is on the steep rise. | Read Devotionals

Helping Our Widow Neighbors
090515 Friday, May 15, 2009 Daily Message (Ministry)
James 1:27

Whenever I wonder what I can do to please the Lord, I think of one verse that is a sure fire bet: James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. | Read Devotionals

A Culture of Self Exaltation
090428 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Daily Message (Humility)
Matthew 23:12

Generally speaking, the idea of being humble is dead. The idea and effort of personal exaltation is alive and well. Lest we play the hypocrite, we must admit that it is alive and well in the church too, from the pulpit to the pew. | Read Devotionals

Saving Faith: Tests & Evidence Overview and Summary
090422 Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Daily Message (Salvation)
1 John 5:13

Part 4

Is there any way I can look at my own life and person, and know for sure whether or not I'm genuinely saved?" | Read Devotionals

Saving Faith: Tests & Evidence That ARE Proof
090417 Friday, April 17, 2009 Daily Message (Salvation)
1 John 5:13

Part 3

Today we want to look at those things which ARE evidence of genuine salvation. If todays list is true in someones life, then yesterdays list will be true as well. These are evidence and proof of genuines salvation that gives us assurance we can be sure of. | Read Devotionals

Saving Faith: Tests & Evidence That are NOT Proof
090416 Thursday, April 16, 2009 Daily Message (Salvation)
1 John 5:13

Part 2

We are answering the question: "Can a Christian know for sure they have genuine saving faith?" The answer is YES! The same way we can prove other things: tests & evidence. Of course, we can only prove this to OURSELVES with an open and honest heart. I cannot prove it for you, and you cannot prove it for me. God does not leaving us hanging with a blind hope that we might be saved. He gives us plenty of objective measurements to evaluate this in our own heart. | Read Devotionals

Saving Faith: Tests & Evidence
090415 Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Daily Message (Salvation)
1 John 5:13

Part 1

I was asked this weekend the question, "how can you really know you are genuinely saved?" This is not a question about "once saved always saved." (eternal security). This question, more fully would go something like this: "Is there any way I can look at my own life and person, and know for sure whether or not I'm genuinely saved?" | Read Devotionals

Trusting & Leaning: Answers
090403 Friday, April 03, 2009 Daily Message (Trust)
Proverbs 3.5

So what's my point? First, that we really stop and think about what our first reaction is: lean on our own understanding? Or trust in the Lord? Second, are we doing anything to actively teach and train ourselves to routinely trust the Lord in all things, disciplining our understanding to be cooperative with and subordinate to God's wisdom? | Read Devotionals

Trusting & Leaning
090330 Monday, March 30, 2009 Daily Message (Trust)
Proverbs 3.5

When? When things are bad? Really bad? Tragically bad? When we've tried everything else? When our first reactions and instincts proved ineffective? | Read Devotionals

Good Sense Offense
090326 Thursday, March 26, 2009 Daily Message (Anger)
Proverbs 19:11

Two of the traits I notice most on the rise in our culture are anger and being offended. It makes sense because both are deep seated in pride and selfishness, the two most "human" and basic emotions of the sin nature. | Read Devotionals

Resting & Learning
090325 Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Daily Message (Rest)
Matt 11:28-30

THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS LIFE THAT JESUS CANNOT SHOULDER; not death, not suffering, not loss not weariness, not uncertainty. Nothing. | Read Devotionals

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