Archive for October 2023
S196P22 – Growth spurts: strength
2 Cor. 12:9-10 And [the Lord] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore, most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in…
Read MoreS196P21 – Growth spurts: preparation
Eph. 6:14-15 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace… The palace had been still just a moment earlier. Then, in the blink of an eye, a battle ensued. First came the sounds of artillery…
Read MoreS196P20 – Growth spurts: prayer
Eph. 6:17-20 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints— and for me, that utterance may be given to me, that…
Read MoreS196P19 – Growth spurts: selflessness
Jn. 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. The moment she stepped off the plane and entered the airport, she could tell this was a much different place. She had expected to learn a lot on this first mission trip, but she did not think…
Read MoreA natural world out of natural order
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7i7s8-14bc920 Let us focus our prayers on order being restored in this world, on the idolatry of creation being replaced with true worship of the one true God, on mankind awakening to the value of mankind and the reason for that value. The originally intended natural order of this world will return completely one day,…
Read MoreTestimonies of this faith
When we think about the word testimony, many of us might think about a court of law. We know enough about the legal process‒even if we have no professional tie to it‒to know that a large part of evidence given during trial is the testimony of witnesses. We have the classic scene of an individual…
Read MoreS196P18 – Growth spurts: encouragement through knowledge
Rom. 14:19 Therefore, let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. I count it as nothing but God’s timely blessing that I came to salvation during a period when a community of believers of my age and life situation had been established for someone just…
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