Posted by anointedplace on April 11, 2020 · 1 Comment
When we are asked the simple question about what the meaning of Easter is or why did Jesus Christ, Immanuel came and died? What have we been accustomed to reciting as our standard response? What do hear in every Sunday school report in every church, in every denomination, and at every opportunity? What is … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on June 23, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Thus says the Lord, “Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind, Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength, And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord .“For he will be like a shrub in the [parched] desert; And shall not see prosperity when it comes, But shall live in … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on February 7, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. – Matthew 18:3-4 Every day we “adults” get up and go be grown-ups. In the process we forget. … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on September 16, 2015 · 1 Comment
Matthew 11:28-30 28 “Come to Me, all [a]who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is [b]easy and My burden is light.” … Continue reading →
Category Brokenness, Christ, community, Faith, Humility, Jesus Christ, Justification, mankind, Reconciliation, Righteousness, Salvation, Sin, Suffering, Ten Commandments, The Gospel, The Law, Understanding, unity · Tagged with Bible, Christ, Christian, God, Gospel of Matthew, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Pharisees, Psalms, The Lord (book)
Posted by anointedplace on February 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment
1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. The Lord meets everyone in the place where we are always found; in our hopes and dreams. Unfortunately, this is the same exact place Satan meets us as well. In this place lays our battlefield. … Continue reading →
Category Christ, Christian, Humility, Idols, Jesus Christ, Justification, Sin, Understanding, Wisdom, Word of God · Tagged with Action News, Christ, Elton John, Epistle to the Romans, First Epistle to the Corinthians, God, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus, Resurrection of Jesus, Satan
Posted by anointedplace on December 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
Deuteronomy 7:7-8 7 It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, 8 but it is because the LORD loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on October 20, 2014 · 1 Comment
Genesis 3:6, 11 6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with … Continue reading →
Category Christ, Christian, Jesus Christ, Justification, mankind, Salvation, Sin, Ten Commandments, The Gospel, Word of God · Tagged with Adam, Christ, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, DJ Premier, Dr. Martin Luther King, Eve, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Martin Luther, Matthew, Questlove