We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16). ...
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
We need God’s truth in trying times. Read the Scripture passage, think about what it is saying, then pray; by yourself or with your household. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly (Col. 3:16)....
"Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." Matthew 6:9 The prayer begins, in Matthew 6:9, "Our Father in heaven". All those who have been saved by grace through faith in Christ are His children. To address Him as Father is to recognize our relation to Him as one of dependence. The word for Father is "abba", a term used by children for their ear...
Keep Reading"But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you." Matthew 6:6 Jesus taught His disciples how to communicate with God. In a context where people were taking things designed to draw attention to God and twisting them into ways to get attention for themselves, Jesus' words...
Keep Reading"The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." Matthew 12:41 The men of Nineveh were going one way, against God. God intervened and sent John to warn them of impending doom. They turned to God from idols. God relented and gave them forg...
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Keep Reading"You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name" Jeremiah 34:15 Repentance is too often seen as an archaic holdover from a bygone era. The typewriter of the Christian life. The 8-track tape of Christian living. Obsolete. Only for out of touch,...
Keep Reading"...and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem." Luke 24:47 God graciously grants the elect to acknowledge Christ's lordship. We give up our judgment on others and turn our eyes to look inward. Horrified and repulsed at what we see when the gospel light shines upon our folly, we have but one goo...
Keep Reading"Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance." Luke 15:7 You will sin. Go to Jesus when you sin. Do not hide in shame. He restores, revives and heals what ails you. He puts you back on the high road to glory. There is forgiveness with Him. There is joy in heaven when a ...
Keep Reading"For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears." Hebrews 12:17 A nerve that keeps getting hit, a chord struck in my heart as I love Jesus, lead my family and serve the Lord. An uneasiness that keeps cropping up. A concern for health in Christ's body. A desire to se...
Keep Reading"If a man does not repent, God will whet his sword; he has bent and readied his bow" Psalm 7:12 These are frightening words. God wants people to repent and there are consequences for not listening. Obedience is always better than rebellion. It is what we should teach and warn others about. Flee from the wrath to come. Receive forgiveness....
Keep Reading"...if they repent with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name, then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause and forgive you...
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