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... What does God want me to do?
Tucked away at the end of Matthew’s gospel, find the answer spoken from the resurrected Lord: the Great Commission. Its simplicity and clarity ...
Christ has set free His followers. No longer living under the law, no longer enslaved by the dominating authority of sin, and no longer ... provisions! What grace! Free in Christ, we are liberated from the shackles, released from the bondage of sin. Tragically, numerous ...
... get so busy with our Christian activities, travelling to and from church, engaged in things that will ultimately gain eternal rewards, that ... hypocritical for Christians to say that we want to reach the world for Christ if we won’t even walk across the street and befriend our ...
... times. We see anger expressed most every day: driving on the highway, watching a drama on TV, or hearing the news. Some of us grew up in ... resolved and it escalated to anger. Others of us heard anger from the pulpit each week.
Even though the Bible never calls anger a sin, ...
Hebrews, although among the largest and most significant letters in the New Testament, remains one of the least appreciated. Profound, mysterious, ... attention. Rich in Jewish history and filled with quotations from and allusions to the Old Testament, the study of Hebrews requires ...
Too often we divide the realm of the sacred from that of the secular. We seem to believe that certain subjects ...
The beginning of a year is an ideal occasion to come to terms with how we ... handle our days. Looking back, most of us can recall saying the same words again and again: “I don’t have enough time.” While we may ... it be that out problem is not having enough time, but making the most of the time we have? Convicting though it may be, everyone has the ...
The hardest work we can do is “knee” work. We'll find anything else easier ... (Luke 18:1), He showed us by praying Himself. One with the Father, Jesus still felt the need to pray—and He prayed all the time. ... remarkable and longest intercessions in all of Godﾕs Word. From it, we can learn how to pray and get a glimpse into Jesus‘ great love ...
... of unusual activities are being identified these days as the extended work of the Holy Spirit. Those who fall down in religious meetings, highly charged by ...
... to Scripture, Genesis holds a significant place in the canon of Scripture. The events Genesis describes and the themes it develops set the stage for ...
... What does God want me to do?
Tucked away at the end of Matthew’s gospel, find the answer spoken from the resurrected Lord: the Great Commission. Its simplicity and clarity ...
Do you ever struggle to understand how the Old and New Testaments fit together? If we think of the Old Testament as pages of promise, then how does the New Testament complete ...
God was ready to lead the Israelites into “a land flowing with milk and honey.” Yet, most of the Hebrew spies were intimidated—and soon, most all of the people felt the same.
Already defeated by their own fear, the ...
... a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: ... Prince of Peace.” (Isaiah 9:6)
Origins: Peace comes from the Hebrew word shalom meaning completeness, soundness, and absence of ...
... exhausted, burned-out believers knock themselves out to run the ministries and activities, while the majority sit back and observe from a distance. This is a far cry from the way the body of Christ was designed ...
Blaming others is the longest-standing and the most common reaction to our own wrongdoing. It’s our favourite game to ... cultivated since life began. As we will see today, it was the reaction of the first man and woman when they were faced with their own ...
So much of this ancient journal is horizontal musing, the bitter and barren side of life seen through the eyes of a cynic—Solomon ... these seven verses provide refreshment to a soul weary from horizontal pursuits. Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 allows the Christian to take a few ...
Death is one of the greatest fears in life! Many people would do anything to escape it. But ... 14:14). Job didn’t ask whether or not a person will rise from the dead at the end of time, but whether or not he or she will continue to ... who believe in Him will live, even if they die. When He rose from the dead, Jesus proved this truth. Through faith in Him, Christians will ...
Any amount of time tasting the fruits of our fallen world will give most of a hunger for heaven. Without a doubt, the songs, choruses of worship, hymns, and anthems on the subject of heaven number in the hundreds. For centuries, God’s people ...
The biography of Joseph is nothing short of remarkable, occupying as much or ... Noah, Abraham, or even his father, Jacob. Joseph emerges from the pages of Scripture as a man with whom most of us can identify. His ... and impossible circumstances with a faith that propelled him from the pit of slavery to the pinnacle of power. In this message, we’ll meet ...
