faults, mistakes, and bad habits. Father, I cry out in confession of my sins to You and ask You to cleanse me. Please help me make a fresh start today. I choose to forgive others so that You can forgive me. God, Keep me close to you in this coming year so that I can live a ...
The original Hebrew for the Western name "Jesus" would more correctly be pronounced "Yeshua," and "the Christ" (Greek, based on a Hebrew word meaning Messiah) can actually be more clearly written as simply "the Messiah," which means "the Anointed One." He was God The Son and The Word...
(Mich 5:2) ‘And thou, Bethlehem, of the land of Judah, art by no means least among the princes of Judah: for from thee shall come forth a leader who shall rule My people, Israel.’ The Magi followed the Star to Bethlehem and they greeted Me with their gifts of gold, frankincense,...
The original Hebrew for the Western name "Jesus" would more correctly be pronounced "Yeshua," and "the Christ" (Greek, based on a Hebrew word meaning Messiah) can actually be more clearly written as simply "the Messiah," which means "the Anointed One." He was God The Son and The Word...
How many ask God’s Spirit to increase our capacity for respect (which literally means to look twice)? How many look beyond the surface, like Jesus did? According to religious leaders, he was blind to who was clean and unclean, who was touchable and untouchable. Jesus ate with sinners!
And this means that Jesus is also faithful to his promises to forgive your sins and love you. And he remained true to you all the way to the cross, where he bled and died for you. He remained faithful and true to you all the way to the empty tomb, where he rose again, and now...
What is the point of Christmas and Easter, if we are not bringing people to Jesus, the Messiah? What is the point of every day, if we are not helping people find the Messiah? Maybe that is why we have the quote. Without the Messiah, life is a mess. Maybe that is why the world ...
Self-control(selfctrl)is also a ministry my young friend Ian has founded with his wife Hayley. It’s so needed and crucial to happiness and long-term joy. It means making decisions time and time again that make you who you are and who you want to be—who you choose to become. ...
She’s saying that most “Christians” are phonies. They ignore the fact that being CHRISTIAN means obeying, in both spirit and action, a set of RULES. John summed up those RULES — as had many before him — in these words: “All You Need is Love”. ...
“Work hard, play hard, love what you do. Life’s short. Don’t live beyond your means. All those things—stay humble. A smile goes a long way. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Those kinds of things that I heard growing up helped me a lot.”– Kristin Chenoweth ...