Devote Yourself To Prayer

Scripture Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. ~Colossians 4:2, NLT Quote God answers all prayers in different ways: Sometime He says yes, sometimes no, and at other times He says wait a while. ~Calvin Miller There is a fourth answer that Miller does not mention: [1] Yes [2] No…

The Forces Of Darkness

Scripture One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming {prowling} throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” Quote It is never good, but the defection from good, that is the…

Thank God For Romans Seven

Scripture For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am fleshly, having been sold into bondage under sin. ~Romans 7:14, LSB Quote No one can achieve righteousness: we must embrace it as a gift from God. ~Craig Keener The ancient Rabbis taught that people were born with an evil impulse {yetzer hara} but…

The Perfect Example

Scripture Let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. ~Hebrews 12:1-2, NLT Quote “For every look you take at yourself, take ten looks at Jesus.” ~Robert Murray McCheyne When Jesus began talking to His disciples…

No Future For The World

Scripture For He has set a day for judging the world with justice by the Man He has appointed, and He proved to everyone who this is by raising Him from the dead. ~Acts 17:31, NLT Quote Unless we are separated from the world, we will share its fate. ~Martyn Lloyd Jones The word ‘world’…

The God Of All Comfort

Scripture All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. ~2 Corinthians 1:3-4, NLT Quote God knows what it is like to suffer: His Son suffered on the cross for…

Satisfied With Jesus

Scripture Everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him. ~Philippians 3:8-9, NLT Quote Those who pursue Christ daily find fulfillment that transcends anything the…

Redemption In Abundance

Scripture Israel, put your hope in the Lord. For there is faithful love with the Lord, and with Him is redemption in abundance. ~Psalm 130:8, CSB Quote The atonement is infinitely greater than any other event in history. ~Ya’akov The PASSION OF CHRIST is definitely the most moving Hollywood production that I have ever seen and…

Bitterness

Scripture Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Ephesians 4:31, NASB Quote A fool vents all his feelings, but a wise man holds them back. ~Solomon {Proverbs 29:11} Bitterness comes from or springs from unresolved anger relating to some matter of injustice.…

The Law of The Harvest

Scripture Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. ~Galatians 6:7, NASB Quote We always reap after we sow, what we so, more than we sow and longer than we sowed. ~Source Unknown Our bible study lesson last Sunday was on sowing and reaping. The…