Galatians 5:16-18 ESV “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you … Continue reading Being Led by the Spirit
Year: 2021
Let’s Bow Down and Worship
Matthew 2:11 NIV “On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.” How does Jesus Christ want to be worshipped today? First of all, Jesus said that if anyone … Continue reading Let’s Bow Down and Worship
Jesus Died to Free You
Galatians 4:8-9 ESV Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves … Continue reading Jesus Died to Free You
By Reputation Only?
Revelation 3:1-6 ESV “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for … Continue reading By Reputation Only?
Tempted by the Devil
Led up by the Spirit Matthew 4:1 ESV “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Compare this to this passage of Scripture in Isaiah 53:10: Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his … Continue reading Tempted by the Devil
They Tried to Kill Me
Acts 26:19-20 ESV “Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, but declared first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all the region of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds in keeping with their repentance.” Paul’s and Our … Continue reading They Tried to Kill Me
Jesus is the Only Way
John 14:6 ESV “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” Jesus also said, “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day” (Jn 6:44; … Continue reading Jesus is the Only Way
If We Were of the World
John 15:18-19 ESV “If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.” Jesus said … Continue reading If We Were of the World
A Pure Virgin to Christ
2 Corinthians 11:1-3 ESV “I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his … Continue reading A Pure Virgin to Christ
Faithful to the Calling
John 10:14-16 ESV “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they … Continue reading Faithful to the Calling