As soon as Jesus becomes the Center of our doctrine, our hope, our discussion, our study, our life, our joy, our love, believers will be united and will begin to bring His authority into every aspect of life in the world. As long as we each have our discussions and doctrines and love and study and hope or anything else […]
People whose religion demands procedures and ceremonies as the defining mark of having been “saved” will always ask questions of people they meet to determine if the people are “qualified.” “Have you been baptized?” “Have you been baptized in the name of Jesus?” Have you been immersed in baptism?” “Have you spoken in tongues?” “Have you been through the new […]
Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.(Colossians 4:2 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) Rejoice always!Pray constantly.Give thanks in everything,for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Holman Christian Standard Bible ©®) There is never a time once you become a believer at which you are separated from your Savior. It is possible to […]
Jesus told His disciples, “Every student of Scripture (‘scribe’) who becomes a disciple of the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings new things and old things out of his storage.” (Matthew 13:52) We need to know the law, but find our discipline in the King’s instruction, both by what He caused to be written, and by what […]
Its short enough that most of us who were around church as kids had to memorize it. It is the go-to in 80% of our funerals. It is easy to make reading through it sound like “zabazabazabazaba…..zzzzz.” Try considering any problem you are facing or are concerned you will have to face, under the influence of this phrase in verse […]
If we are even just looking for His Kingdom, we will find the path to provision and protection and revelation and purpose. Even if we don’t know what the Kingdom of Heaven really is, searching for it will be rewarded with His presence in our lives in ways that keep us under His guard and having access to His storehouse. […]
The parable of the sower and the seed is about the Kingdom, not about how to be saved and born again: “You, then, listen to the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the one sown […]
When your circumstances are creating misery or pain or fear, remember Joseph’s circumstances – he was in Pharaoh’s prison for refusal to submit to temptation. Though he was in Pharaoh’s prison, he was Yahweh’s prisoner. When Paul was in Caesar’s prison, he was Yahweh’s prisoner. They were being held in position for the moment at which they could offer audience […]
Of the honors and the privileges we receive in our lives, the greatest are gained in the events in which, because our hearts are broken or burning because of what stirs the heart of Jesus, we have been so harmed by the pain that He then trusts us to become the answers to the prayers we raise under the burden. […]
Yahweh wanted to sum up all things in Christ. He, in Christ, reconciled all things to Himself. We, in Christ, are being transformed into an offering to Yahweh. We are created in Christ for good works, which our God has laid out ahead of us to walk in (Ephesians 2:4-10). He “has saved us and called us with a holy […]