PHILIPPIANS 1:6 – And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.” There are so many glorious truths about being a Christian. Here are a few; we are loved by God eternally; we are called children of God never to be abandoned; we are cared…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Grace
MATTHEW 21:22: And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” In today’s scripture, Jesus gives us one of the most staggering, encouraging, and challenging privileges in the Christian life; prayer, but more importantly, believing prayer. Let’s look at believing prayer along the three words found in the previous sentence – staggering, encouraging, and challenging. First the staggering truth in…
To maintain a fervent first love for the Lord Jesus, we must diligently not look at ourselves and our efforts to love Him but look constantly toward Him and the many displays of His first love to us.
Have we ever pondered the many manifestations of God’s grace? Think with me of the far-reaching riches of His amazing grace to us. One manifestation of God’s far-reaching grace is found in today’s scripture. It is one we may not think enough about in our battles against temptation and sin – preventing grace.
JEREMIAH 10:19 – Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, “Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it.” THEME OF THE DAY. HE WILL NOT REMOVE IT. We each will have one. Obviously, it will vary because of our individuality in our relationship with the Lord, but we are going to have one.…
2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-11 – For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; 9 indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the…