If this challenges us, we can start now—it is not too late. People still need the Lord, including those we avoid or overlook. This year, let us pray for a compassionate heart that sees every soul as Christ sees them. Cultural implications and complications should never deter us from witn...
Paul, in the closing verses of Ephesians 4, similarly calls the Ephesians (whom he profoundly blessed in Ephesians 1 –you can catch my sermon on that here) to be kind to one another. Having been blessed with God’s greatest and most enduring and satisfying gifts (much as Jesus does in ...
Each week, covers a specific topic. For example, the first week reminds us that how God sees us is different than how we see ourselves. Week 2 focuses on examples of mental illness in the Bible (think depression and anxiety aren’t biblical? You’ll love this week!), while Week 3 tal...
whether it’s a cake, a painting or a craft, you’re intimately involved in the process. You have an idea of how you want that project to end up. You know what your vision is for that item. God is the same with us. He sees us in...
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Paul is just like a proud parent brimming with joy as he sees his children growing in their faith. They're not all perfect, of course. The “foolish Galatians” are not doing so well when Paul writes (see Galatians 1:6). Nonethelessthey are all in his thoughts and prayers. ...
He who brings out the starry host one by one and calls forth each of them by name. … not one of them is missing”. These verses indicate how the words of God bring stars into being, as he names and calls them. Similarly, our words – whether good or bad – can call things into...
His teachings bring us to understand God differently than the world sees Him. His Holy Spirit ‘makes us alive’ as He teaches us the truth – truth that we cannot receive in our ‘old man’ – the only self we know and through which we formerly lived. ...
In verses 97-100, he gave insight into the power and benefit of meditation on the Word. The byproducts or fruit include wisdom, insight, and understanding. How we need those! They become our life GPS. In verse 105, we see that the Word is a lamp that enables us to see the path an...
The reason he can do this is because he is reading the verses. He doesn’t come to the text with preconceived notions about pure atonement theory types (Penal Substitution or Christus Victor or Moral), and so forth, in order to figure out which one the text teaches. Instead, he sees Pa...