Archive for January 2021
Consider the Sabbath
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2hvzi-f93700 I have struggled with my own understanding of the Sabbath and what it means to those who have been saved by faith and grace. Perhaps you haven’t considered the Sabbath recently or ever, but I think it is worth exploring and considering, worth asking what God’s commandment to remember it and keep it holy…
Read MoreS83P8 – A promise is a promise: He will share more with us
John 16:12-15 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things…
Read MoreS83P7 – A promise is a promise: a hope secured
Rom. 5:1-5 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation…
Read MoreS83P6 – A promise is a promise: good things must come
Rom. 8:28-30 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover, whom He predestined,…
Read MoreS83P5 – A promise is a promise: revealing fire
1 Cor. 3:11-15 For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the…
Read MoreS83P4 – A promise is a promise: the power of temptation
1 Cor. 10:12-13 Therefore, let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape,…
Read MoreS83P3 – A promise is a promise: a more fruitful life
Deut. 5:16 Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that your days may be prolonged and so that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. When we were kids, we listened to mom and dad for several reasons. …
Read MoreS83P2 – A promise is a promise: a heart’s desire
Psa. 37:4-6 Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and petitions of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in Him also and He will do it. He will make your righteousness like the light, and your judgment like the noonday sun. When we get saved, the expectation…
Read MoreA heart’s desire
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ittnh-f87a4c If we delight in the Lord, He will give us the desires of our hearts. He will place his desires there, then call us to help fulfill them. This is ripe fruit for the taking, but we must put in the work to pursue it. Delight in him, ask him to make your dreams…
Read MoreS83P1 – A promise is a promise: the answered prayer
John 15:5-8 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown…
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