Will the church survive?
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Do you pray for bold confidence in God to shape you?
Do you pray for bold confidence in God to shape you?
But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die!
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Rom 12:
Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
Our trials are times to trust God to use our pain to make us more like Christ.
Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house.
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In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 Peter
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
I gave in and admitted that God was God
Does the church trust God’s presence, plan, & power?
Does the church trust God’s presence, plan, & power?
It’s not easy to be the kind of Christians that Jesus longs to have as His ambassadors in this time and place.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Isaiah 61:
And Herod and Pilate became friends with each other that very day, for before this they had been at enmity with each other.
So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail;
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand delivers me.
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”
This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.
Acts 5:
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
The church becomes irrelevant when it becomes purely a human creation. We are not all we were made to be when everything in our lives and churches can be explained apart from the work and presence of the Spirit of God.
- May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
Will God ever ask you to do something you are not able to do? The answer is yes--all the time! It must be that way, for God's glory and kingdom.
Heb 12:26-27