Day 20 of God’s Love for Us September 29, 2017 “This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.”(1 John 3:23) Here are a few definitions: Jesus means “life giving” in Hebrew, and “the name of our lord” in Greek; Christ means “to forgive” in Hebrew and “anointed” in Greek; love then is “from God” in Hebrew, and “much, “as in a social and moral setting,” (pattern) and (quantity)” in Greek. So we could write this statement like this, ” This is God’s commandment, that Read More
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Day 19 of God’s Love
Day 19 of God’s Love for Us September 27,2017 This comes from Colossians 1:12-14 “…joyously giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints of Light. For He rescued us from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.” Paul wrote this while in prison in Rome. He is laying thin foundational roadmap of “… Five benefits God gives all believers through Christ: (1) He made us qualified to share in His inheritance; (2) He rescued us Read More
Day 14 of God’s Love
Day 14 of God’s Love for Us August 26, 2017 Paul wrote to the Romans, and to the world about Jesus, “Through whom we have received grace and an apostleship to bro g about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles (non-Jews of the world (us)) for His name’s sake, among whom you are the called of Jesus Christ; to all who are beloved of God… called as saints…”(Romans 1:5-7) We are called by God, and chosen by God to be His beloved. He calls us to Himself to have a relationship with Him through His son Jesus by Read More
Forgiveness and Freedom
Forgiveness and Freedom – June 29, 2017 – To forgive or not to forgive, to be freed or be free? To reconcile or not? To bury the hatchet under ten feet of dirt, or to bury just deep enough to leave the handle sticking out? Those are the hard questions. How long we let someone else offend us is our choice. Forgiveness is not to set the other person at ease, it’s so that we can set ourselves at ease. Unforgiveness is like a weed in your garden of thoughts. Weeds don’t need water or fresh soil to grow, they Read More
Advocate
Advocate – February 3, 2017 – What does it mean to have an advocate? It means to have someone to fight for us, in our place. We can rest in the comfort of knowing Jesus is our advocate to God and the world. By accepting and knowing Jesus, we have a friend, we have hope, we have a way of asking for help and for forgiveness. God doesn’t hold grudges when we know Jesus. By knowing Jesus, we can “Cast our cares and worries on the Lord, and He will sustain us, He will not permit us to be shaken Read More
Forgiveness
Forgiveness – May 9, 2017 – Forgiveness, there are many reasons why we should walk in it. It could easily be a whole sermon subject. Think about it like this for a moment. Do you like to wear your sunglasses inside your house? How about after you turn off the lights? No, probably not. Holding a grudge or keeping unforgiveness is just like wearing your sunglasses all the time and wearing blinders together. You strain your eyes to see anything. God is the light! Forgiveness doesn’t make the pain go away, but it helps remove what clouds and darkens your Read More
Relationship
Relationship April 17, 2017 Yesterday was Resurrection Sunday, a day for us to remember that Jesus walked out of the tomb to give us a relationship with Him. Our relationship with Him determines how we live today, tomorrow, and everyday. He promises to supply our needs, give us grace with forgetfulness, a way through temptation, victory, and eternal relationship among many other promises. Be a light to someone else today and show them an attribute of Jesus through you. (Photo of Our Daily Bread daily devotional)