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THE BOOK OF ACTS – IN THIS FOR GOOD
IN THIS FOR GOOD “So they left the mountain called Olives and returned to Jerusalem. It was a little over a half a mile. They went to the upper room they had been using as a meeting place: Peter, James, John, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, James, son of Alpheus, Simon the Zealot, Judas, son of James. “They agreed they …
February 17, 2019 Sunday at 5:06 am
New Covenant Prayer – The Foundation
NEW COVENANT PRAYER – THE FOUNDATION Prayer is a common activity in all religions. In fact, religion is a felt need because human beings are incomplete within themselves and need a higher power upon which to depend in their weakness and to supply their needs. Since people are essentially at enmity with God and refuse either to acknowledge His existence …
September 28, 2016 Wednesday at 4:44 pm
What is man?
Dear Family If we truly take a good, long, honest look at ourselves as the human race, it takes very little effort or imagination to realize that we are indeed a motley bunch of creatures. We have enormous capacities to injure one another, to hate, to deceive, to trample on and to do just about anything else which, if left …
March 17, 2016 Thursday at 11:05 am
Learning To Be A Son – Chapter Eleven – The Father’s Business
LEARNING TO BE A SON CHAPTER ELEVEN THE FATHER’S BUSINESS At the age of twelve, Jesus already knew that He was about the Father. His sojourn in the temple after His parents had set off home, had left the religious sages amazed at His understanding and His questions. From the beginning of time, God was writing His story, and regardless …
October 23, 2015 Friday at 8:48 am
Pray For Us
PRAY FOR US Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven. Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ for which I am in …
January 10, 2015 Saturday at 10:54 am
One In The Bond Of Love
ONE IN THE BOND OF LOVE “It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for you with the affection of Christ …
November 14, 2014 Friday at 7:28 am
Another Lesson Learned
ANOTHER LESSON LEARNED “When they came down off the mountain the next day, a big crowd was there to meet them. A man called from out of the crowd, ‘Please, please, Teacher, take a look at my son. He’s my only child. Suddenly he’s screaming, thrown into convulsions, his mouth foaming. And then it beats him black-and-blue before it leaves. …
November 26, 2013 Tuesday at 7:27 am
Prayer: Lesson 7 – Problems With Prayer
LESSON 7 PROBLEMS WITH PRAYER INTRODUCTION Prayer has many facets to it. Both the Old and the New Testaments are full of examples of people’s prayers. Unfortunately the Bible is not a manual for prayer. We have to glean our understanding from people’s experiences and God’s responses. It is easy to misunderstand prayer because, as human beings, we do not …
November 7, 2013 Thursday at 9:06 am
Prayer – Lesson 3: The Environment Of Prayer – God’s Presence
LESSON THREE THE ENVIRONMENT OF PRAYER – GOD’S PRESENCE INTRODUCTION Part of our concept of prayer is to get God to come into our realm and our situation and do something to change it or help us. This is not Biblical prayer. Prayer is not about bringing God to where we are. Prayer is about changing our awareness from ourself-absorbed …
November 1, 2013 Friday at 8:40 am
Prayer – Lesson 2: The Motivation For Prayer, God’s Glory
LESSON 2 THE MOTIVATION FOR PRAYER – GOD’S GLORY INTRODUCTION Without going into the subject of God’s glory in detail, let’s try to understand it in the context of prayer. “God saw all that He had made, and it was very good….” Genesis 1:28a (NIV). “Good” is an abstract word. What does it mean? All the words the dictionary uses …
November 1, 2013 Friday at 7:51 am
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