“I assure you: Anyone who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this […]
Love must be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good. Show family affection to one another with brotherly love. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer. Share with the saints in their needs; pursue hospitality. Bless those […]
Jeff Christopherson, in his book, “The Kingdom Matrix” lists these four marks of a Kingdomcentric congregation: New Believers New Disciplemakers New Communities of Faith Transforming Communities Knowing both the differences between and the relationship between the church and the Kingdom changes the way we think and do and interact and can give us greater understanding of our identities and our […]
One of my heroes passed from this life last year. I picked up a couple of his books to give him fresh opportunities to influence me. I knew his voice from hours of listening to him teach in large groups, small groups, and in conversations that he and I had. As I read what he wrote, I don’t hear my […]
Moses went up the mountain to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain: “This is what you must say to the house of Jacob, and explain to the Israelites: You have seen what I did to the Egyptians and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Me. Now if you will listen to […]
Jesus was slain from the foundation of the world. Time and space are limitations that we are not naturally able to step out from under the control of. Not so with Jesus. Before Abraham was, He still is. All the intentions Yahweh has had toward humanity for blessing and Life were accomplished outside of time, and poured into the earth […]
In events recorded in what we call the Old Testament, men and women were moved by the Spirit of God for supernatural strength or revelation that were temporary manifestations of being filled by Him or having Him fall on them. It resembled His hand in the earth donning a glove for a job. Jesus purchased a new way of sending […]
Leonard Ravenhill made some challenging comments about our preparation for Sunday morning meetings. The idea he presented was that if we spent at least as much time getting spiritually ready as we did getting dressed up and made up, we would have different meetings, and we would be different after we had them. If we have a garden, we put […]
In his first letter to the congregations in Corinth, Paul suggested three times that they should do something, and one time that they shouldn’t. The root of the word he was using means to heat up, or to boil. The times he suggested they should do it are in 12:31, 14:1, & 14:39. There, he suggested that they should do […]
When Christ came, He proclaimed the good news of peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household, built on the foundation […]