If you are a Christian, you are in Christ (Romans 3:22-24). “In Christ” is used 77 times in the New Testament, 74 times by the Apostle Paul. I think Paul was intent on letting the new Christians know Who their source was. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has […]
Have you ever noticed that when the Word gives a directive, it gives the ‘why’ at the same time? You don’t have to seek the reason – it always presents what happens when you do obey and when you don’t. We never read a ‘ because I said so’ comment, contrary to what we practice.
“For as he thinks in his heart, so is he…” (Proverbs 23:7, AMP) Believe this? Do you believe we are ‘controlled’ by what’s in our hearts? Is the heart, not the head, the source and ‘director’ of our words and behaviors? If it’s the heart that leads… where and how? Hmmmm… think on this verse
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When I first began reading the Bible after I was saved, I discovered this verse: “For God has unveiled them [all that God has planned for us, v. 9] and revealed them to us through the [Holy] Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things [diligently], even [sounding and measuring] the [profound] depths of God [the
What do you know, believe about baptism? What meaning does it have for you? When does it occur? Its purpose? And there are a host of other questions. Traditionally (?) I think water baptism has been associated with our witness of who we now are since we have accepted Jesus’ invitation and become saved, born
Occasionally I find myself sighing and wishing I was more like my ideal me. Do you? This can be my mindset when I find myself acting on what I call Paul’s lament – doing what he doesn’t want to and not doing what he does want. Then after a few sighs I typically find myself
I can’t take credit for that title… Joyce Meyer talked on this topic (you should check out her video teaching). However, it is such a great line, that I wanted to use those words. First we need to realize that ‘guilt’ has many faces. There’s the guilt we feel when we do or don’t do
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You realize that we’re all wounded warriors… cracked pots. A chink here, a rough edge there. But look at what the Lord does with us! And that’s the point. We can wallow in our cracked status or give all that we have and are to the Lord. Actually, this process of giving all we have
We are all equal. I did not say ‘the same’. I said equal. in one place in scripture it says that God is no respecter of people, doesn’t show partiality (Acts 10:34). But, to get really specific: “For all of you who were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union with the Christ, the Anointed]
I’m returning to an earlier post thought because I wanted to revisit ‘lacking nothing’. Those are the ending words in James 1:4. Lacking in nothing. Wow! Can you get your head around that? How do we place ourselves in a position that we lack nothing? One of the beginning steps is to NOT consider the
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
