Dear Heavenly Father: First of all, I want to thank You for knowing our names and just where we are at any given moment. We also wish to thank You for Your divine organizational structure, for it is written in Ecclesiastes 3:1-3 that “There is timing and purpose for everything in ...
God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear;...
Shawn P. Behan
And scripture teaches that will happen at the first resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:50-54; Revelation 20:4-6). Just calling Jesus ‘Lord” or thinking God has used you somehow does not make you a Christian! Jesus said: 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter ...
15For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”16So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy.17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very ...
I praise you Lord God, that your Word is living and active. No matter how often we read a passage or hear a scripture story, you can breathe fresh life into its meaning and impact. The Christmas narrative is no exception. As we read and hear again the grand story of Jesus’ birth, ...
Many people call itQuiet Time—moments they spend with God in scripture reading/study, prayer, perhaps journaling, and/or listening to peaceful worship music. It’s in the quiet we begin toseeimportant realities of the spiritual realm,hearGod’s voice within our spirits providing wisdom and enc...
What Is the Glory of God? When you apply this definition in relationship to God, the two meanings we mentioned earlier remain. However, there is one more that needs to be added to the mix. Let me give you three examples in Scripture to help clarify. 1. “The heavens declare the glory...
them were Gnostics — and that the bishops provided the only safe guide to the interpretation of Scripture.[4]His writings, with those ofClementandIgnatius, are taken to hint at papal primacy.[2]Irenaeus is the earliest witness to recognition of the canonical character of all four gospels.[...
Christians will be able to quote and hear the scripture of their choice; repeatedly throughout the day, by sowing and reinforcing the word into their hearts and minds based upon Romans 10:17. So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Said watch will have a ...