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Before the Ages
2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began. Titus 1:2
We read this, do we pass over? Do we simply say that's nice and move on. Stop! Look this is the quintessential promise of God before anything existed it was Gods intent that we should spend eternity with Him.
This thought that God intended that you should spend eternity with Him, is sufficient to keep your mind in awe for several days.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Before the Ages
Monday, January 9, 2017
Expectation
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Expectation
17 ‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 (ESV)
Should we expect anything from God? If you read chapter 32 at the very end, God said to Jeremiah "for I will restore their fortunes, declares the Lord.” For me, I need to expect God to do something for me. Not just because I need him to but because He is Great. Because if I expect nothing from Him I will receive it. Most importantly if nothing great happens in my life how is God glorified? I need to expect Him to do for me according to His will. I need to expect Him to show up in my life situations the same way I expect the sun to rise every day.
Friday, January 6, 2017
Spirit and Power
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Spirit and Power
2 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
"Demonstration of the Spirit and of power," we have devised a plethora of ways to share the gospel, which is good. But where is the "demonstration of the Spirit and of power"? Our gospel must be infused with the Spirit of God and the power of God, or it is not the Gospel of God.
Leia Mais…
Thursday, January 5, 2017
A Different Life
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A Different Life
4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Revelations 21:4
No more tears, no more death, no sorrow, no crying, no pain, for life as we know it will cease. This is the promised hope of Christianity. You really have to sit back and contemplate on what this verse says to fully appreciate what's in store for us in the future. I have not seen, heard or have been offered a better life. Humanity has not come up with a better offer. The life God promises is what we are seeking a life of peace, joy, love and happiness.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
In Him
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In Him
16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1 16-17
Christ is why and how we are here. He is the reason anything exists. He is also how it all works. Without Him, the heavens, planets, stars, air, life, and spirit would not exist. If He did not exist, we would not exist. We live in His creation, outside of His creation, nothing at all exists.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Abide
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Abided
7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
This
is not a verse about you receiving everything and anything you want in
your life. Rather is about you receiving everything that glorifies God
in your life. The prerequisite is that you be in Christ before you even
ask. The result is that you bear fruit or lead people to Christ, and by
doing so you prove that you are a disciple of Christ. "Ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you," is limited to those things that will help you to accomplish verse eight. In the end, these verses are about us being empowered to glorify God, and to exemplify Christ and to identify ourselves as His disciples.
Monday, January 2, 2017
Walk in Him
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Walk in Him
6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. Colossians 2:6-8
For centuries, societies, governments, and rulers have tried to pollute, distort, abuse and supplant the gospel of Christ. Today there are people in and out of Christianity that are in the process of devaluating, and demeaning Christianity. They have attempted to redefine some of the basic tenets of Christianity to justify their sin, they have called evil good. But as is often the case the word of God is ahead of humanity warning us not to fall prey to these insidious delusions. God word is as God himself it will not bend, change or be subjugated by humanity. God's word will never change nor his precepts usurped.
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