If you are born in a hospital, does not make you a doctor, nurse, or even a hospital bed. Neither, if you are born in a garage does that make you a car, truck or motorcycle. Those may seem to be somewhat pathetic thoughts, but the point will be made in a moment. Hear the …
Tag: Grace
What the LORD Requires
Many people spend much of their time trying to perform religious duties. Religious duties that help them feel as though they are doing something that really obligates God to bless them, or to save them. They may have it in their mind or heart; If I just help this neighbor build that fence, then God …
Honoring the King of Heaven
For the most part chapter four of Daniel is the writing of Nebuchadnezzar, sharing his personal testimony of a tragic, yet humbling, and redeeming time of his life and reign as king of Babylon. He had grown proud and arrogant (4:28-30), and the King of heaven brought him down. The following are the final words …
When God Hears Our Prayer
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: but verily God hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor His mercy from me." Psalm 66:18-20 (KJV) Have you ever noticed a time when it seems …
Dead Dog
Today's Reading: 2 Samuel 7 - 10 "Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for …
Blessing the People
Today's Reading: Numbers 5 - 6 "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The …
Read Through the Bible in a Year
Very soon I will be posting a new page to this blog. It will be a daily Bible Reading schedule for 2015. I want to ask you, and challenge you to join me in reading through the Bible in 2015. I believe you will find yourself filled with the knowledge of God, and if you …
The Good Pleasure of the Lord
"Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness, and the work of faith with power: that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in Him, according to the grace of …
Some were Turning Away from the Gospel of Christ
"I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that …
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The Christian, Grace and Sin
"Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? Shall we …
Justified… By His Grace
"Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus …
GOD Became Flesh
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men." "And …
Verse for Thought 063014
"O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of Thine anointed. For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in …
Wednesday Evening Bible Study 121411
GRACE: NOT BY MAN The Law and the Promises of God - Galations 3:21-29 Verse 21 - Since the gift of God is "by grace through faith" (Ephesians 2:8-10), what is the purpose of the law (v. 20)? Does the law nullify the promise? Is law and faith in competition? The purpose of the law …
121411 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God
"For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: …
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