The Hope Of The Believer
Colossians 1:5 (NET) Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel When the gospel was first preached to the people in Colossi, they were told about the hope of their calling. They understood that they were […]
Maturity and The Blessing
Ephesians 4:14 (NET) So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. Sandra had a challenge that really troubled her. She was a believer and had certain spiritual gifts, but […]
Put On The New Nature
Ephesians 4:24 [AMP] And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, in true righteousness and holiness. Bankole did not just stop being bad, he started being good. He could now put off his old bad nature and put on his new good nature because he now had the power to […]
Understanding the Lord’s Will 2
1 Thessalonians 4:3 (NET) For this is God’s will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality I remember having a conversation with a backslidden brother who had an argument with me concerning the definition of fornication. He was trying to prove to me that if two people have agreed to marry […]
Understanding the Lord’s Will
Ephesians 5:15-17 (NET) 15 Therefore be very careful how you live – not as unwise but as wise, 16 taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord’s will is. After Aarav accepted the Lord and understood the […]
How Do You Define Success 1?
Matthew 12:50 (KJV) For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. Finding out that a volume was written concerning me by God before I was born has been my most thrilling discovery: for me, it is a game-changer. There is a […]
It’s a Family Matter
Hebrews 2:11 AMPC For both He Who sanctifies [making men holy] and those who are sanctified all have one [Father]. For this reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren When Dan won the election, he now realized that he had many ‘brothers’ and ‘sisters’. People he had never known before would come […]
Don’t Waste Your Mornings
Psalms 5:3 (ESV) “O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.” How do you begin your day? What are the first thoughts that flood your mind when you open your eyes in the morning? What are those things that keep you in bed […]
His Stripes Healed You
1 Peter 2:24 (KJV) Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. Ray thought the skin disease he had would be healed once he received Christ as his Lord and Savior, but the […]
When Trials Come (Learning from Elizabeth and Zachariah)
Luke 1: 5-7 (NET) During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron. They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances […]