Grace for your spirit
Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, for they have become accursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst. Joshua 7:12
When the nation of Israel came to Jericho, they were instructed to take nothing from the city. The walls fell down because God's power was with them. Achan decided to take riches for himself, and that sin caused Israel to fail in their next battle. God told Joshua there was sin in the camp. When it was removed, Israel marched on. Sin in the camp stopped the movement of everyone in the camp. Tolerated sin in the church today stops the progress of the church. Let's not be the cause of stopping the Lord's work. May we walk worthy before the Lord.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Grace for your spirit October 8, 2010
Grace for your spirit
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, I Peter 1:3
The Gaither's wrote, "Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because he lives all fear is gone. Because I know He holds the future, and live is worth a living, just because He lives." Christianity is the only path with a living hope because of Jesus. He died, was buried, and was resurrected by the power of God and ascended into heaven. He left us with that living hope for all mankind. When we die to sin, are buried with Him in baptism, we can rise to never die again. A living hope. Don't miss it. Let's tell everyone about our living hope.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, I Peter 1:3
The Gaither's wrote, "Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because he lives all fear is gone. Because I know He holds the future, and live is worth a living, just because He lives." Christianity is the only path with a living hope because of Jesus. He died, was buried, and was resurrected by the power of God and ascended into heaven. He left us with that living hope for all mankind. When we die to sin, are buried with Him in baptism, we can rise to never die again. A living hope. Don't miss it. Let's tell everyone about our living hope.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Grace for your spirit October 7, 2010
Grace for your spirit
And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'" They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!" Acts 22:21-22
When Paul's Jewish brothers heard him preach about his conversion and mission, they were fine until they heard his mission to the Gentiles. It is terrible to think that they would so filled with hatred, that they would want to kill anyone who wanted to lead a soul to Jesus. Where are we on this issue? Is there a limit in our thinking about who should have the opportunity to be a Christian? If we have that kind of hatred in our spirits, we are in need of grace in our spirit. The gospel is for all.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'" They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!" Acts 22:21-22
When Paul's Jewish brothers heard him preach about his conversion and mission, they were fine until they heard his mission to the Gentiles. It is terrible to think that they would so filled with hatred, that they would want to kill anyone who wanted to lead a soul to Jesus. Where are we on this issue? Is there a limit in our thinking about who should have the opportunity to be a Christian? If we have that kind of hatred in our spirits, we are in need of grace in our spirit. The gospel is for all.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Grace for your spirit October 6, 2010
Grace for your spirit
So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers I will not listen Your hands are covered with blood. Isaiah 1:15
Is God obligated to honor our worship and answer our prayers? Could He be ignoring our worship, and requests? God continues to call us to repentance, and calls us to worship in spirit and in truth. When our goals in life are pleasing ourselves instead of pleasing God, our heavenly connection is broken. Here God told His people to bring their worthless sacrifices no more until they really meant it. We need to turn to Him and His word and find out how we should live. Do that and we will see our prayers and worship come alive. Do we really mean it?
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers I will not listen Your hands are covered with blood. Isaiah 1:15
Is God obligated to honor our worship and answer our prayers? Could He be ignoring our worship, and requests? God continues to call us to repentance, and calls us to worship in spirit and in truth. When our goals in life are pleasing ourselves instead of pleasing God, our heavenly connection is broken. Here God told His people to bring their worthless sacrifices no more until they really meant it. We need to turn to Him and His word and find out how we should live. Do that and we will see our prayers and worship come alive. Do we really mean it?
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Grace for your spirit October 5, 2010
Grace for your spirit
And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12
What is our feeling about people trying to find salvation in another name besides Jesus Christ? Many of those people may be very religious. They may pray many times a day and do many good works. Their zeal for God may outshine us any day, but how much does all of that matter if we are on the wrong road? Could we find it in our hearts to have compassion on them, and gently lead them to Jesus? It is so much easier to call them stupid, write them off, and go enjoy ourselves. Paul said many have a zeal for God, but without knowledge. His hearts desire was to reach them with Jesus. What is our desire?
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12
What is our feeling about people trying to find salvation in another name besides Jesus Christ? Many of those people may be very religious. They may pray many times a day and do many good works. Their zeal for God may outshine us any day, but how much does all of that matter if we are on the wrong road? Could we find it in our hearts to have compassion on them, and gently lead them to Jesus? It is so much easier to call them stupid, write them off, and go enjoy ourselves. Paul said many have a zeal for God, but without knowledge. His hearts desire was to reach them with Jesus. What is our desire?
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
Monday, October 4, 2010
Grace for your spirit October 4, 2010
Grace for your spirit
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins....If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. I Corinthians 15:17+19
Everything that pertains to life and godliness for this life and the life to come, is directly connected to the resurrection of Jesus. People are always trying to discredit and disprove the claims of Christ being alive. The truth of this good news cannot be compromised in any way. It should control everything we do in life. If today, we walked out our door, and God spoke to us telling us that the Jesus was not raised, would it change anything about our day? If that news didn't change our day and our thoughts, then perhaps we need to be pitied anyway.
The grace the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins....If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. I Corinthians 15:17+19
Everything that pertains to life and godliness for this life and the life to come, is directly connected to the resurrection of Jesus. People are always trying to discredit and disprove the claims of Christ being alive. The truth of this good news cannot be compromised in any way. It should control everything we do in life. If today, we walked out our door, and God spoke to us telling us that the Jesus was not raised, would it change anything about our day? If that news didn't change our day and our thoughts, then perhaps we need to be pitied anyway.
The grace the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
Friday, October 1, 2010
Grace for your spirit October 1, 2010
Grace for your spirit
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,like newborn babies, I Peter 2:1-2
When Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to Him at the beginning of His ministry, He proclaimed that he was an Israelite with no guile. What a great compliment, to be proclaimed by Jesus as one without any deceit. This is certainly a wonderful quality that Jesus wants in all His followers. When we are born again of the water and the spirit, we are to become as newborn babes in Christ. To be an infant in Christ with a spirit without malice, guile, hypocrisy, envy, or slander. We are always going to be transparent to Jesus. It is great when we can be transparent before those in the world, and they can see that we are real disciples of Jesus. Then people could say of us when we come, Behold, a Christian in whom there is no guile or deceit.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
Therefore, putting aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,like newborn babies, I Peter 2:1-2
When Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to Him at the beginning of His ministry, He proclaimed that he was an Israelite with no guile. What a great compliment, to be proclaimed by Jesus as one without any deceit. This is certainly a wonderful quality that Jesus wants in all His followers. When we are born again of the water and the spirit, we are to become as newborn babes in Christ. To be an infant in Christ with a spirit without malice, guile, hypocrisy, envy, or slander. We are always going to be transparent to Jesus. It is great when we can be transparent before those in the world, and they can see that we are real disciples of Jesus. Then people could say of us when we come, Behold, a Christian in whom there is no guile or deceit.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
graceforyourspirit.blogspot.com
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