As you sit down to read this devotion read (Psalm 84). Now we as believers in Jesus Christ is what is called the Church. Nobody who does not know God by being born again through faith in His gospel is part of His Church. So we are His Church. This we understand. So what is it that drives you to go to the (church building), that place where we the Church fellowships together? Why are you there on Sunday morning’s service, and the weekly bible studies, etc. Why do you …
(1 Thessalonians 5:16…..Rejoice evermore. (1 Thessalonians 5:16) NASB…..Rejoice always; If you only rejoice when things are perfect, you may not rejoice much in this life. Why miss out on something so pleasant? (Romans 12:12)…..Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. You can rejoice in hope! That means to rejoice ahead of time. Why? Because you expect deliverance. You know God’s blessing is coming your way because God is faithful. So rejoice now (Philippians 4:4). God never changes. He’s always good. Focus on Him TODAY and you …
We wonder why we don’t get much out of preaching – studying – bible studies sometimes. We need to fix our minds upon the things of God. We allow our minds to feed on the filth of the world instead of spending time in God’s word. But if we would give as much energy to dwelling on the Word it would transform our time in our fellowship with Him.
Finally brethren whatever is…….true….(truthfulness) (sincere)….true in our words, actions, thoughts. Are our thoughts of God and others true, sincere (Ephesians 4:25) (Zechariah …
(Psalm 24:3-6)…..Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?
4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. 5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 6 This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face. Selah
We have heard and seen in God’s word that He alone is the Sovereign King, He Jesus, the …
(1 Corinthians 3:5-11)…..Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. 8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building. …
(Psalm 145:8-9)…..The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The Lord is good to all, And His tender mercies are over all His works. The greatest deception is making people think God is bad. God is not guilty, of anything bad! The devil wants us to believe God is bad: that He is uncaring, that He does bad things to us, and that He is holding out on us, keeping us from enjoying good. But it isn’t true. God loves you more than you can …
(Hebrews 11:1-6)…..Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. 4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that …
(1 Corinthians 1:4-9)…..4 I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, 5 that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, 6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, 7 so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called …
The power of darkness resides the realm of Satan. Darkness implies not only absence of light, but opposition to the light. Opposition to what is true and pure and wholesome, that is, the things of God. Darkness is not only a condition of being without light, spiritually speaking, it is to be without God and opposed to God. There is nothing man can do by himself to escape the power of darkness because mankind is a slave to sin, and sin is disobedience to the will of God (1 John 3:4)…
(James 1:21)…..Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the implanted (engrafted) word, which is able to save your souls. It is vitally important that we receive in us the implanted Word of God as believers in Jesus Christ. To receive the Word means to take the Word (as my possession), to contain the word (as being held by it), and to be the object of (as governed by it).Have you received God’s word in such a way. It is much like the behavior of the …
