“Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. For … Continue reading My Heart’s Desire and Prayer
Year: 2024
Predestination and Free Will
Jesus Christ Died for the Sins of the Entire World 2 Peter 3:9 ESV: “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” Luke 9:23-26 ESV: “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would … Continue reading Predestination and Free Will
Unceasing Anguish
“I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the … Continue reading Unceasing Anguish
I Want to Draw You a Picture
Based off Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22 I want to draw you a picture,Not for your mantel or fixture.It’s drawn with letters and numbers,Focused on those who do slumber. I know your works and endurance,How you’ve found in Me assurance.You’ve abandoned love had at first,So, for other things you do thirst. (1) I know now of … Continue reading I Want to Draw You a Picture
More Than Conquerors
“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is … Continue reading More Than Conquerors
We Who are Called According to His Purpose
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom … Continue reading We Who are Called According to His Purpose
The Spirit Himself Intercedes for Us
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, … Continue reading The Spirit Himself Intercedes for Us
Pride and Prejudice
In flesh, we all are filled with pride.In flesh, the will of God denied.In flesh, we think more than we shouldOf whom we are and what is good. In flesh, we look at others grimWhen we compare them to us dim.In flesh, we fill our minds with liesWhen we our sinful hearts deny. In Spirit … Continue reading Pride and Prejudice
Provided We Suffer With Him
“You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of … Continue reading Provided We Suffer With Him
Those Who Live According to the Flesh
In the book of Romans, chapter 7, Paul described for us the struggle with sin that we have in our flesh natures. The good we want to do, we do not do, and the evil we don’t want to do, we end up doing. And Paul came to the conclusion, “Oh, what a wretched man … Continue reading Those Who Live According to the Flesh
Run With It 