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....
December 6, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: following Christ, Running the race
Run the race with Christ in sight. Pour all your energy into following him. You will never be put to shame. Wait for His upward call. Praise the glories of God’s grace in Christ forever....
Keep ReadingNovember 21, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Category: Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: devotional, reminders, Word, thanksgiving, truth, Jesus, bible, holiday, Gospel
November 12, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: sovereign grace, monergism, salvation, assurance of salvation, Assurance, God’s decrees
Rest assured, God graciously and sovereignly chose you, and nothing can separate you from His love in Christ. Nothing means nothing. God doesn’t deal in man-determined situational destinies, He is the God of unconditional election. He put no conditions on you. Your salvation doesn’t depend even 1% on you. He decided and acted upon His choice. Salvation is all of God. A...
Keep ReadingSeptember 25, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: spiritual growth, spiritual life, mind set on the Spirit, Holy Spirit
If you want to put your mind on the things of the Spirit then put your mind on, think about, focus on, get preoccupied with, everything that the Spirit is preoccupied with. ...
Keep ReadingSeptember 25, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: Following Jesus
Don’t waste your life on trifling things; things destined to burn. Invest your energy, resources, gifts, and talents on eternally significant pursuits. ...
Keep ReadingSeptember 25, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: Suffering, preaching, , Grace
God proclaims grace to broken, breaking, bending, beloved, beautiful hearts. It is costly, painful, eternal, and free. He saves and secures suffering souls. He applies essential truth and meets the deepest need in Christ....
Keep ReadingSeptember 25, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: parenting, helicopter parenting, God’s grace, family, applying the Gospel
March 24, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: Cross, Spurgeon, offense, righteousnss
THE OFFENSE OF THE CROSS” Excerpt of A SERMON DELIVERED BY C. H. SPURGEON, AT NEW PARK STREET CHAPEL, SOUTHWARK, ON A LORD’S-DAY EVENING IN THE YEAR 1856....
Keep ReadingJanuary 9, 2018 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: serving Jesus, available to God, willing to serve, deny yourself
December 28, 2017 by Mike Sciarra | Tags: Joy, fight for your joy, joy stolen, stolen joy,
