And endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Another spiritual blessing is hope! In today’s society Hope is to have wishful thinking on something that might happen. However, the biblical meaning is not wishful thinking but having confidence in God concerning his promises. This makes it sure and leaves no room for doubt because it is based on God’s word. We will experience this hope because God is “the God of Hope”. This means that he himself is the object and assurance of…
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No Stumbling
”Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me too sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and were thrown into the sea. And if your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled then to have two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than with two feet to be thrown into hell. And if your eyes causes you to sin, tear it out. It is…
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Righteous And Blameless In Our Generation
These are the generations of Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. And Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, Japheth. Genesis 6:9-10 In Noah’s days, everyone lived wicked lives. Noah, though, still worshipped God. He obeyed and depended on God. Noah was blameless in his generation means that he did not follow the crowd and their wicked ways. Since Noah was righteous, with a deep and holy respect for God, God found favor with Noah. Noah’s obedience to God was the result of God’s grace – his undeserved favor – and Noah’s faith in God. Today, Salvation is the result of God’s mercy and…
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God The Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
according to the foreknowledge of God the father, in the sanctification of the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with His blood: 1 Peter 1:2 Peter made a strong declaration to the people on how God chose us. At one time, it was the Israelites as his chosen people. However, through Christ, all believers are chosen. Jews and Gentiles, all belong to God. Our salvation and security rest in the merciful choice of God. We are chosen to be God’s people according to the foreknowledge of God. Since God is all knowing, he worked His plan to save people spiritually. He would save them through Christ Jesus…
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God Chose You To Be Saved
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord because God chose you as the first fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Have you ever thought about giving God thanks for choosing you? We ought too!! We should give him thanks because he chose us first. Then through salvation, we have the option to choose him back. We must accept His gift of salvation. although we have an option to refuse it. I don’t recommend that though!! Paul is encouraging the Thessalonians that God chose them from the beginning. Sanctification is the process…
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Integrity
The integrity of the upright guides them but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. Proverbs 11:3 Do you have integrity? Do you know what integrity means? According to the dictionary, integrity means the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness; the state of being whole and undivided Integrity is doing and saying what is right. It’s our obedience to God’s law. It’s owning up to our mistakes and sins. It’s having the courage to stand alone for what is right. It’s doing the right thing when no one is around. When we are being honest with ourselves and others we are being upright, righteous. It’s…
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Praying For Each Other
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The Prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. James 5:13-16 Life is hard. There is…
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Lord’s Prayer – Part 2
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, be deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen Matthew 6: 9-13 Your will be done: When we say your will be done, we are truly saying that we want God’s purpose, plans, and desires to be done in our life. We can know His will through His word and through the Holy Spirit leading us. When we…
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Holy Spirit and Car Troubles
My family and I have traveled a lot in the month of May. Some of it has been relaxing, some of it has been intense. In the first trip, we had some huge things we had to fix on our big van. We had the protection of our Triune God. I am amazed at how far we made it on our trip and nothing bad happened to us. The rotors were really bad. In the next trip, we took was within our home state. I ask my bible study ladies to keeps us in their prayers. Our leader listen to the Holy Spirit and then shared what the Holy…
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Now What??
God’s love has been poured out into out hearts through the Holy Spirit. Romans 5:5 The Holy Spirit pours God’s love into us. He helps us to love others, and not just the easy to love people either. He helps us to love the hard to love. When you are struggling with loving others all you have to do is ask the Holy Spirit to help you in this area. I have and it works. You can expect to have more power to live for Jesus. The Holy Spirit will help you. He will help you be more like Jesus. Do you need power to tell the truth? Do…