In II Timothy 2 there are 7 portraits of a gospel worker -. * a steward (vs.2).* a soldier (vs. 3).* an athlete (vs.5).* a farmer (vs.6).* a worker (vs. 15).* a vessel (vs.20).* a servant (vs. 24).

Jesus' seven last statements from the cross -. While Christ was doing His greatest WORK, He was speaking some of His greatest WORDS!.

What do you want to know?.

What a great time we had Sunday night!. Q&A with Pastor Ben and Pastor Tim via @YouTube.

Although methods change, the message of the gospel must never change!.

"Remember that the power (God's power) comes through you not from you." - Fred Smith.

A principle that I learned in college -. You don't measure the Word of God by your experience; you measure your experience by the Word of God.

Worshiping Jesus this morning -. "Oh Lord, You're Beautiful" - Keith Green.

"An unbeliever lives complacently with sin, while a believer (in Jesus) will be in conflict with sin; fighting against it." - Jerry Bridges.

Paul's mission statement?. "We proclaim Him, warning every man (evangelism) and teaching every man with all wisdom (discipleship) that we may present every man complete in Christ Jesus." - Col. 1:28.

The Christian life is not you living your life for Christ, but rather Christ living His life through you. #ChristLife.

From the Psalms -. ""Make me to know Your ways, O LORD,. teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me,. for You are the God of my salvation;. for You I wait all the day long." - Psalm 25:4,5.

While at Wheaton College, Jim Elliot penned this in his journal -. "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot.

No matter what is accomplished in ministry, God gets the glory -. "We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us." - II Cor. 4:7.

When making disciples, share not only the gospel but your life -. "So being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us." - I Thess. 2:8.

Christ in you, the hope of glory! #ChristLife. "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us." - II Cor. 4:7.

Someone has rightly said -. "The christian life is not a playground, it is a battle ground!".

"When we try to justify ourselves, we are no candidate for God to justify." - The Calvary Road.

So encouraged by this verse today -. "Oh taste and see that the LORD is good!. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!" - Psalm 34:8.

Church leaders, let's keep the main thing the main thing - . "For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." - II Cor. 4:5.

"The motto of all true servants of Christ must be "We preach Christ and Him crucified!" - C. H. Spurgeon.

So thankful that my God is the God of all comfort!. He is the "God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction . " - II Cor. 1:3b,4a.