Jesus the Pray-Er The ideal reader of narratives--ancient and modem--must be prepared to respond to the emphasis of the narrative with respect to character, placing individuality or "typical" connection foremost to the extent which the narrative itself ca... SJ Roth - 《Currents in Theology ...
People dig for gold and other treasures but the greatest treasure we can find anywhere is the word of God and the truth it tells us about God our Creator and our Saviour Jesus Christ.Sinclaire Ferguson
Finally, we are learning that prayer is not dumping my stuff before Jesus and racing away. The purpose of prayer is not to convince God to change our circumstances, but to prepare us to be involved in God’s activity. Christians who are growing in spiritual maturity change their prayer atti...
Jesus said, "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you." (John 15:7 NKJV) Why is it so important for us to be attuned to God's will in a situation? Because the Bible says that praying according to His will ...
aSometimes we can be so over-burdened with the activities, events and happenings of life that we are just too tired and know not how to pray or commit all these that are happening around us to the Lord Jesus Christ. 有时我们可以是,因此装载过多以我们太疲乏并且会不祈祷或做所有这些在我们...
We must humbly admit to God that we cannot do these things on our own and call on the power of the Holy Spirit living in us. Remember that same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in us (Rom. 8.11). The wonderful thing is that when we recognize that we cannot do what God...
What encouragement can you take from Jesus’ restoration of Peter? Coming Up: In the coming days, we’ll talk about the importance of godly friends, the blame game, whether our Christianity could be just a facade, and consider whether we might neglect to pray until it’s the last resort....
“so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ”(2 Thess 1:12). The Apostle Paul’s desire was“that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ....
Jesussaid,“Father,forgivethem,fortheydo notknowwhattheyaredoing.” Luke23:34 PREFACE Sincethefirsteditionofthisbookwaspublished,Ihaveministeredinevery continent.Ihavefoundthattheprinciplesthisbookcontainsarelife transformingtoeverypeoplegroupontheplanet.Thereisnoonethatdoes ...
Then Paul commands this in specifics: 1 Thess 5:16“Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” All three of these (rejoice, pray, giving thanks) puts you to work 24 hours a day! Or at ...