Archive for December 2023
God’s majesty in the plain and lowly one
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-njw9d-153a4be We follow and serve a king, a prince, whose throne sits at the pinnacle of power and authority. And yet, He lived as a man no less ordinary than you and I for very clear reasons. Let us explore the holy need for the plainness of Christ the man.
Read MoreS203P1 – Prayer for a purpose: intimacy
Mt. 6:6 But when you pray, go into your most private room, close the door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you. There are certain things without which a relationship cannot thrive. Imagine that your husband or wife is openly…
Read MoreS202P8 – The children of God: a desire for intimacy
Mt. 6:5-8 Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the street so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you pray,…
Read MoreS202P7 – The children of God: receptive to correction
Heb. 12:7-11 You must submit to correction for the purpose of discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? Now if you are exempt from correction and without discipline, in which all share, then you are illegitimate children and not sons at all.…
Read MoreS202P6 – The children of God: believe his word
Jn. 8:43-45 Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because your spiritual ears are deaf and you are unable to hear the truth of my word. You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning,…
Read MoreS202P5 – The children of God: a different breed
2 Cor. 6:14-18 Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of…
Read MoreS202P4 – The children of God: a different hunger
1 Pet. 2:1-3 So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech; like newborn babies long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation, if in fact you have tasted the…
Read MoreS202P3 – The children of God: as men and women, yet as babes
Mt. 18:2-5 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. …
Read MoreThe eternal salvation story
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9qj7p-15333e2 On December 25, we celebrate the birth of our Savior, but this was not the beginning of his work. That birth does not mark the beginning of our salvation story. The victory already was secure before the foundations of the earth were laid. The eternal Christ has been ready and able to save since…
Read MoreS202P2 – The children of God: a right conferred
Jn. 1:9-13 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive…
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