Jesus Came to Bring Us Life
Jesus did not come to start a new religion; He came to bring us life—eternal life. Christianity is not a religion. It’s a new life.
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Jesus did not come to start a new religion; He came to bring us life—eternal life. Christianity is not a religion. It’s a new life.
Thank you, Jesus . . . for allowing me to know You! You have given me Your Word so that I may know You. This isn’t a casual relationship but an intimate, personal, all-consuming…
Can you forgive that which you cannot forget? Can you move on after someone sins or has an ought against you? Can you make peace with painful memories and create a life that is…
“O, God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You…”
It is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9
In the Bible, crying out refers to speaking audibly with great emotion concerning an urgent need. God invites us to use this form of prayer to communicate that we desperately need His mercy.
When we try to please others, when we fear what others may say or do to us, we place ourselves in a position of great vulnerability. Our lives no longer remain our own.
We are not created to be merely admired by others. God intends that we are to imitate Him by helping to produce other works of art.
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” Proverbs 17:17
As much as we want to love well, our sin nature can breed in us a desire to stay emotionally safe and respond sinfully in situations where we could be turning to God for…
Are you a weary sheep? Are you tired from trying to do life on your own? Surrender and allow the shepherd to find you and carry you back on his shoulders to safety!
Where the Holy Spirit lives, human character is changed and spiritual fruit can be seen.
Whether in a train or wherever you are, God guards and rescues those people who reverence Him. Today, you can know for certain that God will send His guardian angels to guard you –…
Father, so often I hear stories and also experience how Your ministering angels have helped, strengthened, and encouraged Your children. Thank You for being so kind to us. Amen
Hope is a command, the promise of God, and a position in Him. Last week we look at the command to hope.
Not only does God's blessing rest on us, his presence goes with us. We cannot ever be in a place where he is not with us.
How often do we dive into a project without activating our faith, relying on our power alone instead? God wants us to partner with his Son before jumping in feet first into a big…
Dear Lord, please help me to trust, to take the good and the bad, and to use negative experiences on the journey as ways to build my faith. Amen.
“If you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you” Psalm 91:9-10 Your serenity matters to heaven, and God guarantees he will guard you.
Peace like a bright shining sun waits for me behind those clouds! Maybe I am the one doing the blocking as I begin to pile on fretting, stressing, and far too much worrying.
Thoughts on today's verse: What is there to fear if God sent his Son to die to redeem us? What is there to fear if we cannot be separated from the love God has…