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Your Future is Secured
Your future is secure because salvation rests on Christ, not on you. Hope is fragile when it depends on human effort.Thank God believers can look toward the future with joy, not fear. Paul writes: "We...
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Your future is secure because salvation rests on Christ, not on you. Hope is fragile when it depends on human effort.Thank God believers can look toward the future with joy, not fear. Paul writes: "We...
There is a battle. We cannot ignore it. When you decide to live a life that impacts the Kingdom, you will face resistance. However, the way we engage in this battle matters. We often picture spiritual...
We often associate "divine power" with the spectacular-the parting of seas or the falling of fire. But the Apostle Paul had a different prayer for the believers in Colossae. He prayed that they would...
Strength doesn't always come from discipline.Sometimes it comes from being loved. In John 21, the disciples worked all night and caught nothing.When Jesus appeared, the net filled with fish-so heavy t...
The Bible tells us that as the world grows darker, God's people shine brighter. "For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross (deep/thick) darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise up...
Mountains are usually hard places. They are rocky, steep, and difficult to climb. We don't usually look at a mountain and think of "provision." We think of "obstacle."But God says:"The mountains shall...
The Law is perfect - but it was never designed to give you life. Paul says it like this, "The law is not of faith" Galatians 3:12 .You can have faith or you can have law - but you cannot stand on bot...
If you listen closely to the Christmas story, a pattern emerges.Every time heaven touched earth, the first words were the same: "Do not be afraid." To Zechariah: "Do not be afraid... your prayer is he...
Jesus sat by the well tired, hungry, and thirsty (John 4:6).His disciples had gone to buy food.He had nothing to give-so it seemed. Then a Samaritan woman approached, and Jesus began to pour out grace...
When believers hear the word "discipline," they imagine punishment.The Bible speaks of a loving Father shaping His children. Scripture says, "For whom the Lord loves He chastens" Hebrews 12:6 .Love -...
When Paul prayed for believers, he didn't pray for an easier life.He prayed for an empowered heart. Here is his prayer: "...strengthened with all might through His Spirit in the inner man, for all end...
Righteousness doesn't grow on you slowly.It was placed on you instantly the moment you believed. Paul writes, "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness...
When a desperate mother begged Jesus to heal her daughter, His answer at first seemed harsh: "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to take the children's bread..."Mark 7:27 But listen...
There's something breathtaking about the way Jesus sees people. In a crowded synagogue, He noticed a woman bent over for eighteen years - someone most people no longer noticed at all. "When Jesus saw...