The Eternal Dream - Psalm 90:12-17
The life of the true, accepted child of God belongs to Him and is most beautiful and delightful when satisfied in God and longing for maximum eternal use of their earthly life.
The Vital Word Of God - 2 Timothy 3:16-17
God speaks and we listen. As his people we are formed and given direction by the Word of God. It is vital and profitable for all things that God has called his people to do and to be.
Witnesses of Majesty & Message - Acts 1:6-8
We believers are commissioned by Jesus to be His witness.There is power and peace in the delightful pleading and confident proclamation of Jesus the King.The rightful witness will happen as the Spirit is sought by you and He guides and empowers you in the moment.
The Delighted Family Of God - Psalm 16
What is a Christian and what is a church? Christians are people who have been transformed by God through the gospel of Christ to be “lovers of God” or, can equally be called those who now delight in God. And what is their connection? It is their shared Father who has placed each one into his family, which He calls the Church. Therefore, each local church is, at its root, God’s family and must be obviously that.
The Gift Of Peace - Luke 2:11-14
At the birth of Jesus, the angels declared peace to all with whom God is pleased. And in Christ we find the reality of true peace, both peace with God, and peace from God.
The Gift Of Joy - John 15:11
Jesus has brought us the gift of Joy … a newer and higher joy found in his friendship to us and fueled by his word when known and believed.
The Gift Of Love - I John 4:7-12
God is love and he demonstrates that love by giving us the greatest gift, Christ. And because of this gift of love, we can now love one another with the same love that God has shown us.
The Gift Of Hope - I Peter 1:3
Jesus comes to this world bearing gifts. The first is his gift of hope, the certainty of the living Savior.
Trust And Sorrow - Romans 9:1-5
At the beginning of Romans 9, we begin to see Paul’s heart for those who do not know Jesus, particularly those who share his Jewish background. Here we see that trusting in God’s purposes in salvation does not keep us from loving and reaching others for Christ.
Fighting Fear - Romans 8:35-39
This last paragraph of the 8th chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans expresses the promise of Jesus’ unlimited, unconditional, unchanging love which eternally secures our salvation. Inspired by God, Paul conveys three types of fear that may cause us to doubt this truth: (1) Fear of things in our world, (2) Fear of things in the world beyond, and (3) Fear of things in you and me. Yet, nothing can separate Jesus and His followers!
Secure In Our Father’s Zealous Favor - Romans 8:31-34
If the God of the universe is for us… inclined towards us.. finds favor in us… then the opinion or opposition of any other person just really doesn’t matter ultimately.
The Father’s Comprehensive Promise - Romans 8:28-30
Our Father is aware of and using every detail and element of our life to create true and best good for us. Those he touches, he promises to complete and shape them progressively into the image of Jesus.
Help For Prayer - Romans 8:26-27
Because of our flesh, prayer can be hard. Thankfully, God has given us his Spirit to help us in our weakness, and because the Holy Spirit knows the mind of God we can trust that our prayers will be heard and answered according to the will of God.
The Emerging Of The Majestic You - Romans 8:16-25
The promised sonship of salvation is legally accomplished by the work of Jesus and carried out by the indwelling Spirit. The unforeseen effect of us becoming sons is that we eventually become co-heirs with Christ, and in are transformed in our resurrected bodies and in role into such majestic significance that God describes it as our revelations and being glorified with Him. And there we find that all of creation and our souls yearns for the freedom and joy of us finally being fully us.
Do You Have The Spirit? - Romans 8:12-16
While it is not the only description and demonstration of authentic salvation, the presence of the indwelling Spirit who leads us is an essential sign of salvation. If you are not led by the Spirit, then why would you consider yourself a child of God?
Life In The Spirit - Romans 8:1-11
Romans 8 begins with the grand declaration of there being no condemnation for those who are in Christ. We then see Paul highlighting our new freedom, our new mindset, and our new indwelling presence that God gives his people through his glorious gospel.
The Mostly Obsolete Tool of the Law - Romans 7:7-25
The Mosaic Obedience Code was God’s good gift to believers before Christ came and gave us the Spirit by which He would lead us. Spiritual under that Law was very difficult and not a way of life any New Covenant believer should desire, admire or mimic.
Belonging To The One Who Leads By The Spirit - Romans 7:1-6
The God who gave the Law as the obedience code has now brought his children out from under its leadership by their death with Christ. He now leads them by the Spirit into lives of fruit for life and his pleasure.
Death Or Life? - Romans 6:15-23
As we close out chapter 6, Paul is reminding us that our new life in Christ frees us, but it frees us to rightly put ourselves under the lordship of Christ. And the new hearts that Christ gives us, now have the ability to choose life or choose death as we are being sanctified by his Spirit.