Praise, Joy and Love
The Work of Regarding – 1 Timothy 6.1
Faith Faces Fear – Ezra 3:3
They set up the altar on its foundation and offered burnt offerings for the morning and evening on it to the Lord even though they feared the surrounding peoples. Faith is never the absence of fear. Faith is obedience to a greater Fear in the face of the lesser fears. Every person acting in faith … Continue reading Faith Faces Fear – Ezra 3:3
The Suffering of Shame – Matthew 27.28-31
Self Indulgence – Colossians 2.23
Delight – Psalms 119.16
Together in Christ – Philippians 4.2
Dead – Romans 6
Romans 6:2May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Romans 6:7…for he who has died is freed from sin. Romans 6:11Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Dead. What a final word. So blunt. So bland. So direct. “I’m … Continue reading Dead – Romans 6
Grace > Life – Psalms 63.3
Astounded – Mark 5.42
The Commander of the Lord’s Army – Joshua 5:14
He replied, “Neither; but as commander of the army of the LORD I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, “What do you command your servant, my lord?” Throughout the Old Testament we get glimpses of the coming Messiah, the Lord Jesus. He … Continue reading The Commander of the Lord’s Army – Joshua 5:14
The Nature of God – Exodus 34.6-7
Suffering Savior – Isaiah 53.10
Forgiver of Sins – Mark 25.7
Testing – Exodus 16.3,4
The Invisible One – Hebrews 11:27
By faith he left Egypt, unafraid of the king’s anger; for he persevered as though he saw him who is invisible. How readily our eyes deceive us. We’ve all learned by experience that seeing is not believing. In the age of electronic images there are millions of examples of images we see that distort reality. … Continue reading The Invisible One – Hebrews 11:27
God Does What He Says – Exodus 9:5,6
And the Lord set a time, saying, “Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land.” So the Lord did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died. God by His very nature is a Doer. What … Continue reading God Does What He Says – Exodus 9:5,6
Receiving, Realizing, Decreasing – John 3
John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.” v. 27 For Christ to increase in our lives we must first realize that everything we are and everything we have comes from Heaven. Every good and perfect gift comes down from the Father of lights. Our operating base … Continue reading Receiving, Realizing, Decreasing – John 3