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Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!               Psalm 149:2 ESV Have you ever wondered at the content of the message Jesus preached and the one he told his disciples to preach? I have. I have wondered about it because it seems so simple and indeterminate: “TheContinue reading “The Kingdom is At Hand”

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenanceupon you and give you peace.                                                                                                                                     Numbers 6:24-26 ESV What is it to be blessed? Too easily we take a totally pagan attitude: it is when we haveContinue reading “Blessings?”

God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus,Continue reading “Completing the Reformation”

Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones. Even now the ax of God’s judgment is poised, ready to sever the roots of the trees. Yes, every tree that does not produceContinue reading “Good Fruit”

“See, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?  I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.”                                                                    Isaiah 43:19 NIV We live in a world which shouts more and more for freedom but believes more and more in fate. We say, “ThisContinue reading “I Will Do a New Thing”

Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way moreContinue reading “Saintly Disciples”

She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.         Judges 16:20 NASB How do you lose God? That seems crazy, like losing theContinue reading “Losing God”

For the word of God [OT] is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.                                                                                                   Hebrews 4:12 NASB Do you need the Old Testament? Many peopleContinue reading “Don’t We Need the Old Testament”

The LORD has given me a strong warning not to think like everyone else does. He said, “Don’t call everything a conspiracy, like they do, and don’t live in dread of what frightens them. Make the LORD of Heaven’s Armies holy in your life. He is the one you should fear. He is the oneContinue reading “Whom Shall We Dread”

Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.                                                                                                                       Ephesians 1:4 NLT What is God’s goal for human life? It is holiness and completion. That is what Ephesians 1:4 tells us, and that is in confirmation of Genesis 17:1,Continue reading “Holy to the Lord”