Posted by anointedplace on October 20, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Joshua 7:10-12 10 So the Lord said to Joshua, “Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? 11 Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own … Continue reading →
Category Christ, Christian, Depravity, Grace, Humility, Illumination, Jesus Christ, Lesson, Love, mankind, Mercy, Prayer, Sin, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom · Tagged with deep idols, Faith, Hebrews, idolatry, Israel, Joshua, lust, Moses, obedience, prayers, pride, Ten Commandments, Trust
Posted by anointedplace on August 5, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk among them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people . “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate … Continue reading →
Category Christ, Christian, Depravity, Election, Idols, Jesus Christ, mankind, Purpose, Righteousness, Sin, Theology, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom · Tagged with 2 Corinthians 5, apostle paul, Fruit of the Holy Spirit, holiness, Holy, idolatry, temple
Posted by anointedplace on December 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment
People talk about love and loving others all the time. Usually people who aren’t even Christians talk about how God is love and how it’s all about love and that love is the most important thing. Whenever I hear such things I can’t help but wonder, what is the end game? To me, when someone … Continue reading →
Category Christ, Christian, Depravity, Humility, Idols, Illumination, Love, mankind, Sin, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom · Tagged with Acts of the Apostles, athenians, culture, Epistle to the Romans, God loves, idols, Love of God, marketplace, paganism, pagans, Paul, Unconditional love
Posted by anointedplace on February 19, 2018 · Leave a Comment
As a follower of Christ, the one thing that I hear more than the request for prayer is the opposition of it. Those that oppose it aren’t by the people who follow Jesus Christ but those who are against the “Christian Faith”. People who have said that they were once believers until they learned “the … Continue reading →
Category Bible, Brokenness, Christian, community, Depravity, Election, Humility, Illumination, Jesus Christ, mankind, Prayer, Suffering, Teachings, Truth, unity, Word of God · Tagged with Christ, Christ Jesus, Disciple, farmer, goat, God, Gospel of Matthew, Grace, Jesus, judgment, Justice, Last Judgment, Matthew 13, Mercy, Parable of Sower, seed, sheep, trials
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 June 27, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Isaiah 6 4 And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke. 5 Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on January 30, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Genesis 22 1-2,8,10-12,15-17 22 Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering … Continue reading →
Category Christian, Faith, Illumination, Salvation, Teachings, Truth, Understanding, Witness · Tagged with Abraham, Abraham Kuyper, Abraham Lincoln, Acts of the Apostles, Aminadab, Bible, Christ, Epistle to the Romans, Genealogy of Jesus, God, Gospel of Matthew, Holy Spirit, Isaac, Jacob, Jesus, Lord
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 →
Category Christ, Christian, Holy Spirit, Humility, Jesus Christ, Justification, Love, Purpose, Righteousness, Teachings, The Gospel, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom · Tagged with Abraham, anger, apostle paul, Christ Jesus, commitment, Corinth, Deuteronomy, envy, First Epistle to the Corinthians, God, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, Israelites, Issac, Jacob, jealous, Justification, justify, Love, Mosaic Covenant, Moses, Righteousness, wilderness
Posted by anointedplace on May 30, 2014 · 2 Comments
Mark 10 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. 19 You know … Continue reading →
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Posted by anointedplace on February 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
His father says “I don’t think you should do that, you are not strong enough to handle one corner trust me!” The boy feels insulted at his dad’s suggestion of his weakness. His father lets him try because his son is impeding progress.
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