Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
The Fruit Of Surrender
"Remain in Me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in Me. Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in Me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For...
Living Vertically
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV Surrender is exchanging a horizontal view of life, where we merely bump into people and circumstances,...
Why God Gives Us Tomorrow
Be very careful, then, how you live; not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Ephesians 5:15-17, Adapted "Why does God lengthen our days in the land of the living? Is...
Unshakable
Since we are receiving a Kingdom that is unshakable, let us be thankful and please God by worshiping Him with holy fear and awe. For our God is a devouring fire. Hebrews 12:28–29 NLT Through the saving work of Jesus Christ, Believers have been made citizens of the...
We Have Only Just Begun
Now all glory to God who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to do exceedingly abundantly more than we would ever dare to ask, hope or dream for. May He be given glory forever and ever through endless ages because of His master plan of salvation for...
The Three Ages Of Man
The three ages of man: Youth. Middle-Age. "You're looking good."
The Fear Of The Lord
Great are the works of the Lord; they are studied by all who delight in them. Splendid and majestic is His work, and His righteousness endures forever. He has caused His wonders to be remembered. The Lord is gracious and compassionate. He has given food to those who...
Sola Fide (Faith Alone)
"I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing." Paul, Galatians 2:21 CSB If you could earn it, why did He die? Righteousness comes either through the law (human performance) or by God’s grace through...
God And Caesar
And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Matthew 22:21 NKJV Life is much simpler when we keep first things first: God's authority above all, and man's authority wherever it does not require...
Advancing Confidently in Christ
Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 ESV American poet and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) once observed, “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and...
The Moral Law
God requires obedience to His revealed will, as codified in the Moral Law of the Ten Commandments. This divine standard governs our relationship with God and our relationship with others: Our Duty to God: You must not have any other god but Me. You must not make for...
Sola Gratia (Grace Alone)
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV, Romans 11:6...
Obedience
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NASB When you take God seriously, He will bless you for it. So no matter what He instructs you to do...
Thy Kingdom Come
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 For decades theological liberals and revisionist theologians have sought to speak of God’s kingdom as something we can engineer through human efforts and good works. In this conception of the kingdom,...
A Good And Faithful Steward
Be very careful, then, how you live; not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV The wise person lives carefully today because...
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Now all glory to God who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to do exceedingly abundantly more than we would ever dare to ask, hope or dream for. Ephesians 3:20 Adapted Prayer: Almighty and everlasting God, You are always more ready to hear than we...
If At First
For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes each one He accepts as His child. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening. It’s painful. But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way. Hebrews...
A Confession of Sin
Almighty merciful God, we acknowledge for ourselves and confess before You that which is the truth. Our consciences accuse us and our sins testify against us. If You decided to consider our merits and worthiness, we would not be fit to lift our eyes to heaven and...
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