Strong and Courageous: Faith for the Win
“Without faith it is impossible to please Christ”. Hebrews 11:6 “by faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around themfor7 days”. Hebrews 11:30 Joshua 6:1-15 Now the gates of Jericho were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in.2 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.3 March around the city once with all the…
Secrets of the Vine
Jesus redirects the Disciples in John 14 They believed Him to be the King who would take over. He tells them Heis going to His death. They believe His triumph would be seen by the world. He tells them thatthe world will no longer see Him. That rules out public triumph. They believe He will be King, and He tells them theruler of this world is coming. That means He will not be the King they thoughtHe would be. Observations…
Enormous Words: Loved
“What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 Hewho did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It isGod who justifies. 34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—morethan that, who was…
Enormous Words: Transformed
17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. 20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own…
Enormous Words: Adopted
14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. 15 The Spirit you receiveddoes not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received broughtabout your adoption to sonship.[a] And by him we cry, “Abba,[b] Father.” 16 The Spirit himselftestifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we areheirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share…
Enormous Words: Empowerment
“You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, ifthe Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit ofChrist, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body isdead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.” Romans 8:9-13 “And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he whoraised Christ from the dead will…
Enormous Words: Free
“Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.” Romans 3:20 WHY WE LIKE LAW ? Romans 7:15 “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do” Romans 7:15 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks…
Being Who God Made You To Be: Self-Control
“..the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!” Galatians 5:22-23 ” So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not…