Take time to reflect on Christ’s love, and open your eyes to see HIM in all of Scripture! Saturday, August 1, we will be back on our regular posting schedule and Bible reading plan… There is no other solution to the marvellous mysteries of His Incarnation and Sacrificial Death but this: Christ has loved us. … More Such is the deep, the vast, the boundless ocean of Christ’s love!
Part 3 of a commentary on Psalm 148-150 by Sam Storms, of Enjoying God Ministries: Fourth, and finally, there can be no mistaking the extravagant and exuberant nature of godly worship of God. It involves not only singing (149:1,5) but also dancing (149:3; 150:4) and a wide array of musical instrumentation (149:3; 150:3-5). Said Spurgeon: … More Sam Storms: “…the extravagant and exuberant nature of godly worship of God”
Luke 11, we’ll pick it up in verse 37. Hopefully we’ve been able to distinguish between the teachings of Jesus and the teachings of religion. I’ll point it out to you once again. Jesus tends to be for people who are really a mess. He tends to speak softly to them, very gently to them. … More Jesus vs religion…Matt Chandler on Luke 11
2 Chronicles 22:7 “But it was ordained by God that the downfall of Ahaziah should come about through his going to visit Joram.” ESV Study Bible: 2 Chron. 22:5–9 Ahaziah’s decision to join Jehoram (a variant spelling of Joram), king of Israel, in his bid to recapture Ramoth-gilead from Hazael, king of Syria, comes at the behest of his “Ahabite” counselors. … More “But it was ordained by God…”
Luke 11:33-36 “No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light. 34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your … More Seeing Jesus as He REALLY is!
Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle; 2 he is my steadfast love and my fortress, my stronghold and my deliverer, my shield and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues peoples under me…… 9 I will sing a new song to you, O God; upon a … More Kings Need God!
So let’s look at this in our text. Notice three things: the commandments, the prayer, and the promise. 1. The Commandments Paul has just finished giving a string of commandments in verses 14–22 which comes to an end in verse 22, “Abstain from every form of evil.” So we know that God uses commandments and … More “He who calls you is faithful, and he WILL do it.”
John Piper, in a sermon, “How is the Kingdom Present?” The New Testament pictures all of history in two ages: this age with its sin and misery and satanic power, and the age to come with its righteousness and wholeness and freedom and joy. The mystery of the kingdom is that these two ages have … More Intersecting Times
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust. Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. 11 For your name’s sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble! John Piper, in a sermon, “How … More How to Argue with God…using Psalm 143 as an example
2 Chronicles 16:7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army with very many … More Learning to Rely on God…hard lessons
