SEE THINGS IN THE PROPER PERSPECTIVE
There was a time in the history of the nation of Israel that a giant called Goliath would come out and shout across the valley and threaten them. When the nation heard these rantings they were filled with fear.1 Samuel 17:11’When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken.’ One day…
TRUST, AND DO NOT BE AFRAID!
SCRIPTURE READING:Isaiah 12:2’Surely God is my Salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD Himself, is my Strength and my Defense; He has become my Salvation.’ INTRODUCTION: FEAR IS PART OF LIFELife has many uncertainties as well as many unexpected and unforeseen aspects, and this can often leave us with a sense of…
HE HAS AND IS DOING A WORK WITHIN YOU – EMBRACE IT!
It is such a wonderful joy to know that He is at work within each one of us.Colossians 2:11-13 ‘When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised”, but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision – the cutting away of your sinful nature. For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized….
IT’S ALL ABOUT JESUS!
DON’T BE DECEIVEDColossians 2:8 ‘Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.’ (New Living Translation) There is a danger that we can be deceived. I love the phrase: ‘Don’t let anyone capture you…’ What are the…
JESUS – OUR EVERYTHING
Scripture Reading: Colossians 2:6-15’So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on…
HIS REIGN LEADS TO THE TAKING OF MORE AND MORE GROUND
1 Corinthians 15:25-26 ‘For He (Christ) must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.’ There is a process involved here. It is a process in which everything has to be put under His feet. This includes every aspect that would lift itself against…
HIS REIGN AFFECTS EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES
HIS REIGN AFFECTS EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES. There is no aspect that it excluded. His reign pervades every aspect of life. In the United Kingdom we see how pervasive the reign of the monarch is. It is her government, her parliament and her courts. When she speaks of the government she says ‘my government’….
HE MUST REIGN!
1 Corinthians 15:25-26 ‘For He (Christ) must reign….’ (Greek meaning of the word reign – rule, to be King) It is not a matter of will reign, or may reign, or can reign, it is a matter of the fact that He must reign. Modern society does not appreciate the word ‘must’. We prefer words…
HE REIGNS
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REIGN? To reign means to rule, to preside over something, to have dominion, to exercise authority, to be the most powerful or the most important person, to have supremacy and to forever endure. Sometimes we see Christ as the one who has suffered and died for us. Perhaps the pictures…
WHAT BRINGS RELIEF FROM THE DROUGHT?
WHAT BRINGS DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN OUR LIVES! See Jeremiah 17:5-6. The Bible identifies 3 things that can bring drought conditions in our lives. WHAT BRINGS RELIEF FROM THE DROUGHT? See Jeremiah 17:7-8. In this passage we see 3 things that can bring relief from drought in our lives. If you have a PRAYER REQUEST, please…