but to be filled with the Spirit. If God’s Word is received and declared via the Spirit, then we must be Spirit-filled people. Sin dumps mud on the eyes of our heart and blinds us from seeing rightly, so we need fresh renewals of God’s Spirit day by day to help us. This ...
Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy.New American Bible“This is how you are to pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, New Revised Standard Version“Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your...
serious one, however lightly we may be disposed to think of it. This is evident both from reason and from the Bible. As we have plenty of faults to find at home, it must be the height of presumption to go out of ourselves, and to pass judgment upon our neighbour. — Then, again,...
How Shall We Receive the Savior Who is also Entering with Us into the New Church Year -1852 SermonWalther, C F W
Genesis 16: Sara was so insecure about her ability to have children she encouraged Abram to have a child out of wedlock, and then persecuted her servant Hagar out of jealousy because she bore Abram a child. Genesis 20: Abram was fearful for his life and lied to a ru...
"If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;" -Isaiah 1:19 “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?" -Luke 6:46 “But if you carefully obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and ...
s business hotspot after working hours. It happened so often that my husband suggested that we budget for a phone so that I could have a hot spot of my own. Then we could cancel our $60/month ISP and use the unlimited data on our hot-spot phones. My husband warned me though, that...
How we wonder if we will ever see them again, and where and when it will be! Then it is that we turn to this blessed Book, for there is no other book in all the world that can give us the slightest comfort; no other book that can tell us where the loved ones have gone. Not ...
“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.New American Standard Bible“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can ...
” This is nothing more than an incitement to export to the rest of the world the movement that set off over 100 separate bombings in civilian centres. When there are frequent calls to globalize the violence, should we be surprised when someone takes it seriously and then sets fire to the...