What are the commands of Christ? How do I keep them? Do I have to keep them? What about grace? Did Christ do away with the law? All these, and many more questions will be answered through the word of God in this message! May God shed forth his grace upon you through this message, in Jesus name! Hallelujah to the Lamb! © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions

Furthermore means in addition to. In this chapter God takes the burden of the apostle Paul for the discipleship of this fledgling church on fire, and uses it as a springboard to give practical instruction to his church. May God use this message to encourage your heart, and strengthen your resolve to do God's work God's way, in Jesus name! © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions

God has a purpose in Discipleship, and that purpose - end - is for you to be stablished. God wants us to grow up in Christ, until we can take the trials and testings that come our way without wavering, and still minister to others! Discipleship is about thriving, not surviving! May God use this message to increase your desire to grow in faith, in Jesus name! © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions

True discipleship produces Biblical results. This is what we mean by Produce of discipleship, and the pun is intended. Jesus said Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. This is the true evidence of true discipleship. May God open his word to our hearts and use this message for His glory, in Jesus Christ's blessed, holy name. © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions

Providence, the benevolent act of Almighty God on behalf of man. What does that have to do with discipleship? Join us as we dive into the depths of God's wondrous word and may God fill your heart with knowledge of his will, in Jesus Christ's name! © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions

A true Christian doesn't need discipleship. True or False? True and False! In our lesson today we will look at the need for Biblical discipleship. Why you need it, and why you don't! May God open his word to our hearts today, in Jesus name!

True worship comes from true love! As we continue our study through 1 Thessalonians Paul reaches a high point of praise and worship to our God for what he had done in the little church at Thessalonica. In doing so, we are giving a living example of true worship, it's source, it's direction, and it's results. May God bless you with power to worship God in true Christian love and joy, in Jesus name! © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions

What does it take to make you feel like you're "living"? What makes you go, and satisfies your heart at the end of the day, or week? Here we find a simple, but powerful expression of true Christlike love from the lips of Paul and his evangelistic band. "Now we live if ye stand fast in the Lord. May God use this message to revive his church, and open the eyes of the lost, in Jesus name! © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions

God has given us many examples of believers who had to stand alone, and God was enough. Indeed, it would be worth it all to go to heaven and see Jesus all alone! But what a blessing Christian fellowship is! And we aren't talking about watching a ball game together - True Christian fellowship involves serving and suffering for Christ together, and in that there is power! May God encourage your heart with this message, in Jesus name! Pardon the motor noise, we tried to reduce it! © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions

The little group of believers Paul's evangelistic band had left in Thessalonica could hardly be hoped to be called a church. Had they survived the persecution? Timothy was sent to find out what had happened to them, and to establish and comfort them concerning their faith, but would he find faith when he returned? Here in our text, God gives us Paul's account of Timothy's report on the fledgling church of Thessalonica, and the evidence of Labor not spent in vain. May God use this message to help us judge our own ministries, and even our own faith, in Jesus name! © Copyright 2022 Joshua Burks All rights reserved See About page for more details and permissions