February 24, 2024 by Mike Sciarra
Love the Lord not the world....
November 18, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Dear Christian, we seem too often to wrongly think that everything and everyone must align to please us, or all is loss and everything is a failure. This is painful idolatry and must be replaced with sincere worship....
September 2, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
When Jesus changes your heart, your motives and affections and desires change....
August 21, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Rejoicing in Regeneration and Hope ...
August 18, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
People wonder all the time if they are really a believer. Sometimes other people see a person who says they are Christian and wonder if that is a true profession of faith. This can be for any number of reasons. But there is one specific way found in 2 Timothy 2:19 where are you can know if a person is truly a Christian....
August 17, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Let’s pattern our baptisms and church membership as closely to the scriptural pattern as we can. Let's link baptism and church membership more closely. Let's see them as part of a unified process to glorify God, build up believers, and reach the world....
July 28, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
As we live a Christ-honoring life… Pure gospel living looks different than posing for pictures It stands in stark contrast to life lived under lights A sovereign God changes our motives The authoritative Word renews our minds ...
May 20, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
As I am alive, raised, and seated with Christ by God’s grace… 5 ongoing outcomes I observe about God’s grace towards me....
February 23, 2023 by Mike Sciarra
Has life put a lot of mileage on you? Are you weighed down by the toll it has taken? Are you weary? Are you troubled? Do you feel hopeless? There is hope of forgiveness in Jesus....
October 4, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Friendliness, gospel tracts, Jesus, salvation
I'm really glad people interact with other people in friendly ways and give them little cards with Bible verses on them to point them to faith in Christ. I'm glad that we have the freedom and I'm glad that God puts it on the hearts of many to step outside their selfish bubble and reach out with the love of Jesus....
Keep ReadingSeptember 25, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Holiness, Jesus, Heart, salvation
I need Jesus every moment. ...
Keep ReadingSeptember 24, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Gospel
The gospel is everything you need to please God....
Keep ReadingSeptember 11, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Possession, Christ, Identity, Security
Christians are possessed by Christ. ...
Keep ReadingAugust 31, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: how to grow in Christ, growth, Growing in Christ, newborn, babies, lonigng for God's Word
God wants you to be like a newborn baby in your desire for His Word so that you would grow in Christ....
Keep ReadingAugust 29, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: growth, Growing in Christ, God's Word
Growing in Christ can be a really tricky proposition. Sometimes we can even truck ourselves into thinking that good healthy growth is happening when it is not. ...
Keep ReadingAugust 26, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: earnestly, love, Gospel
God brings about a beautiful change and resulting commitment to His family, in the lives of all He has chosen....
Keep ReadingAugust 8, 2014 | 1 Comments by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Fear, fear of God
What 1 Peter 1:17-21 teaches us about a healthy fear of God, a.k.a. fear of displeasing God and incurring His discipline on our lives (a la Heb. 12:3-11). ...
Keep ReadingJuly 25, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Beloved, Abraham Lincoln, beautiful, Jesus, Beauty
Beautiful Savior. ...
Keep ReadingJuly 25, 2014 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Good, goodness, man's goodness, God's goodness, God's Word
Can man be good apart from God? Can people be good without use of the Bible? Some say Yes emphatically. I say an equally emphatic No. Where's the objective standard of proof that people can do that? Actually, here's the deal: Only God is truly good. His is the only truly objective standard of goodness....
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