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So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.                                                                  Hebrews 4:9-11 ESV What is CanaanContinue reading “Rest”

Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh                                                                                                             Luke 6:21 ESV Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.        Matthew 5:6 ESV Sometimes we are a little troubled by differences in theContinue reading “Blessed Are the Hungry?”

Now may the God of peace make you holy in every way, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ comes again.                            1 Thessalonians. 5:23 NLT Last week, I invited you to make a full appropriation of what Christ did for you on the CrossContinue reading “What Can We Expect?”

As we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith?                                                                                                 1 Thess. 3:10 ESV I recently read in a dictionary article on holiness the unequivocal statement that there is no such thing as a second work of grace. IContinue reading “A Second Work”

Because of the joyawaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.                                                                    Hebrews 12:2 NLT He was destined before the foundation of the world, but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.                                                                                                                1 Peter 1:20 NRS AllContinue reading “The Cross and Ukraine”

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, or to governors, who are sent byContinue reading “Soldiers of the Cross”

“And I shall give them one heart, and shall put a new spirit within them. And I shall take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh                                                            (Ezekiel 11:19 ESV)  To grow deeper in Christ, we need to be re-programmed and that’s what the Holy Spirit does. WeContinue reading “Deeper with Christ 3”

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:6 ESV Tragically in American Christianity, “the flesh” has crept right into the sanctuary. Why do I serve God? To get what I want! What a tragedy! We serve Christ because thatContinue reading “Deeper in Christ 2”

“For the flesh is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. That’s why those who are under the control of the flesh can never please God.”                             Romans 8:7-8 (author’s) If we are to have a deeper life with Christ we have to claim it, it doesn’t comeContinue reading “Deeper in Christ 1”

For any one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, who separates himself from me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and yet comes to a prophet to consult me through him, I the LORD will answer himContinue reading “Be Careful What You Ask For”