Archive for September 2022
S155P5 – Certainty in an uncertain world: all ends well
Rom. 8:28-30 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And…
Read MoreS155P4 – Certainty in an uncertain world: the Lord’s work breeds success
2 Cor. 15:5458 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin…
Read MoreS155P3 – Certainty in an uncertain world: He will build it
Eph. 2:17-22 And [Christ] came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the…
Read MoreThe lives we live
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ziq9w-12c7de8 Each has a life to live, a race to run. Not every course, however, looks the same. Let us put aside our own expectations and welcome the course God has for each of us, even if it looks very different than what we see in others.
Read MoreS155P2 – Certainty in an uncertain world: moment of truth
2 Cor. 5:6-10 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the…
Read MoreS155P1 – Certainty in an uncertain world: salvation
Rom. 10:8a-13 “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one…
Read MoreS154P15 – Sincerity in prayer: Daniel
Dan. 9:3-6 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, saying, “O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and…
Read MoreS154P14: Sincerity in prayer: Hezekiah
2 Chr. 32:24-26 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the LORD, and he answered him and gave him a sign. But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and…
Read MoreS154P13 – Sincerity in prayer: Amos
Amo. 7:4-6 This is what the Lord GOD showed me: behold, the Lord GOD was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land. Then I said, “O Lord GOD, please cease! How can Jacob stand? He is so small!” The LORD relented concerning this: “This…
Read MoreS154P12 – Sincerity in prayer: Joshua
Jos. 7:7-11a And Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs…
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