Establishment
What happens when your good gifts serves as the anchor for your faith but God takes it away? We lose our assurance of faith because we lost focus of our all encompassing sacrifice for all in Jesus, as a relationship with our Heavenly Father is devalued and placed below a comfortable life filled with earthly blessings and recognition.
Reconciliation is the Foundation
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant Matthew 18 21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a … Continue reading
Accountability
The one thing that is evident among those who don’t believe in Christ Jesus is this. Once you remove ethics, morality, and life after death; what we are left with is a fear of accountability. Not responsibility but accountability as we live in a world that say “do what is right for you”. When … Continue reading
Religious Sinners
Romans 5:1-11 Peace with God Through Faith 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 More … Continue reading
Dirt Dauber
Growing up I use to help my dad around the house with repairs or with working on the car. He would show me how to use the electric saw or a hammer. While he was trying to teach me how to do something I would always say “I know”. He would respond by repeating me … Continue reading
Works and Fruitfulness
A lot of times people confuse what a minister means by fruitfulness. They equate it with good deeds and earning something from God. Psalms 51:16 For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; … Continue reading
Christian Unity: Community
John 17:6-26 Jesus Prays for His Disciples 6″I have revealed you[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave … Continue reading
Follow Me
Those are too tender of their own good name, who, to preserve it with some nice people, will decline a good work. Christ would not do so. They thought the publicans were to be hated. “No,” saith Christ, “they are to be pitied, they are sick and need a physician; they are sinners, and need a Saviour.” They thought Christ’s character should separate him from them; “No,” saith Christ, “my commission directs me to them; I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. If the world had been righteous, there had been no occasion for my coming, either to preach repentance, or to purchase remission.
Love, Worship and Idolatry
When we are in love with a person, place or thing; in most cases it becomes our center. We spend a lot of time with it or working for it or in it. Lets take a job for instance. When we really love a certain job, we will spend a lot of our time there … Continue reading
Fog
Image by Pieter Musterd via Flickr Matthew 13:53-58 53When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. 54Coming to his hometown, he began teaching the people in their synagogue, and they were amazed. “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?” they asked. 55“Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his … Continue reading
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