S63P4 – The qualities of God’s word: offensive

Eph. 6:14-18a Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of…

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Is it well with your soul?

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7xd9n-e2fac5 The world is changing daily, and we have entered a time unlike any we have witnessed in our generation.  It might be hard to see God’s sovereignty in all this, but it is important to come to that place and recognize that this is not merely chaos.  God knows what He’s doing, and we…

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S63P3 – The qualities of God’s word: revealing

Heb. 4:12-13 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the…

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S63P2 – The qualities of God’s word: our preparation

2 Tim. 3:14-17 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by…

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S63P1 – The qualities of God’s word: eternal

1 Pet. 1:22-25 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for  “All flesh is like grass and all…

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S62P10: Intentional Christianity: imitating the godly

Phil. 3:17-21 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is their…

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S62P9 – Intentional Christianity: pursuing peace

Rom. 14:15-19 For if your brother is grieved by what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. By what you eat, do not destroy the one for whom Christ died. So do not let what you regard as good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter…

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S62P8 – Intentional Christianity: watching for temptation

1 Cor. 10:9-12 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end…

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S62P7 – Intentional Christianity: the pursuit of knowledge

Romans 10:1-4 Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s…

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Free indeed

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-iauz4-e22b6a During this time when we celebrate our liberty, let us take a moment to meditate on what God’s freedom looks like.  There is a true liberty to which He is calling the Church, walking in the freedom from sin and from the flesh that is available to us through grace.  Let us pursue freedom…

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