What does it mean to “take up your cross” and “die daily?” I think it is important to focus on the life of Christ and the finished work of the cross as our example. The apostle Paul encourages believers in Philippi: “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility ...
To be sure, a church does meet many needs. Most importantly, a church should offer to people a way to fulfill their need for God. Closely related to this, church can be a place where people meet their need for deep, committed relationship with others. But this does not mean the church...
God does. The Bible is equally as clear that while God owns everything, wealth isn’t guaranteed for everyone on earth. Jesus told his disciples that the poor would always be with them (John 12:8). We can gather from his words that people are naturally going to struggle financially in ...
Love does not boast. Boasting is the work of self-promotion in obvious and subtle ways. Love quits that job and goes to work praising God and other believers, instead. Love is not arrogant or "puffed up." Arrogance involves confidence in oneself above all others and the expectation that...
Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.Acts 18:10For I am with you and no one will lay a hand on you, because I have many people in this city.”Philippians 1:22But if I go on living in the body, this will mean fruitful labor for me...
What does the Bible says about jealousy? InJames 3:14(NLT), he cautions those who wish to be wise, “. . . if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don't cover up the truth with boasting or lying.” ...
15Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” 16As it is, you boast in your arrogant schemes. All such boasting is evil. 17If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them. JAMYS ...
boasting six years of security updates. The alternative PC operating system is popular for its familiarity and ease of use for people new to Linux and coming from Windows. In fact, Mint was the first Linux distribution I ever installed, and it served me well for about a year before I star...
November 3, 2023.“FEAR NOT” is written many times in the Bible. We are called to live fearlessly every day. I heard The LORD say “Don’t look at circumstances that are happening in the world today. I have it under control. Look to Me and Fear Not. I have set things in order...
Boasting Excluded 27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? Of works? No, but by the law of faith. 28 Therefore we conclude that a man is [i]justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law. 29 Or is He the God of the Jews only? Is He not also the God ...