Wouldn’t it be great if Jesus kept us out of every storm? Wouldn’t it be wonderful that even when the economy tanks, we still have money? When everyone else is getting older, we still look and feel like a twenty-year-old? When the fires burn the neighborhood, our house is the one that is left standing?
RELEASING MORE THROUGH FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Text: Matthew 25:14-30, Read: vv. 20-23, NKJV 20 “So he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Lord, you delivered to me five talents; look, I have gained five more talents besides them.’ 21 His lord said to him, ‘Well...
POWERFUL PRINCIPLES FOR GIVING By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Text: 2 Corinthians 9, Read vv. 6-15, NKJV 6 But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of...
IS THIS ALL THERE IS? By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Revelation 5:1-14, KJV 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to...
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE END OF ALL THINGS By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Text: 1 Peter 4:7-11, NKJV 7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.” 9 Be hospitable to...
EXAMPLES OF GIVING GRACE By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Text: 2 Corinthians 8:1-15, NKJV 1 Moreover, brethren, we make known to you the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia: 2 that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their...
DON’T COUNT ME OUT By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD, DMin Acts 14:1-28, Read vv. 19-22, NKJV 19 Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. 20 However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and...
BE THE BARNABAS: THE ENCOURAGER By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Text: Acts 4:32-37; 9:26-28 Acts 4:32-37 32 Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul; neither did anyone say that any of the things he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. 33 And with great power...
MERCY CAN REWRITE YOUR LIFE By Mark E. Hardgrove, PhD Text Acts 9, Read vv. 10-17, NKJV 10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.” 11 So the Lord said to him, “Arise and go...
