For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these aresons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption assonsby which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we ...
holding the mug, I found myself out of the blue repeating the five statement pledge of faith from Beth Moore’s Bible studyBelieving Godthat I did back in 2005. I haven’t thought about those words in a very long time, but they say, “God is who He says He is, God can do what...
“Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth” (Matthew 22:13; p. 1030). This shows that it will do you no good whatever to come into the fellowship of the church ...
I am not backpedaling on what I have said in the previous paragraph; I am saying that the power to resist comes from the Spirit of God and that must come first to drive out the darkness. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O ...
“abandons” himself into the hands of the Father. His eyes remain fixed on the Father.Precisely because of the knowledge and experience of the Father which he alone has, even at this moment of darkness he sees clearly the gravity of sin and suffers because of it.He alone, who sees the...
saying the process of transformation is automatic. We do have to resist the flesh and the devil. I am not backpedaling on what I have said in the previous paragraph; I am saying that the power to resist comes from the Spirit of God and that must come first to drive out the darkness...
Then the king told the attendants,Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are invited, but few are chosen. —Matthew 22:1-14, NIV The purpose of this parable is to explain the process by which the...
out every shadow becomes a dangerous monster. The closet becomes a portal to the underworld. The window — rather than an entrance to the beautiful outside world — is now a pathway to peril. The tree outside looks like the gangly arms of a creature from another planet. Darkness disorient...
He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God. 6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meanin...
13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. 14And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, ...