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- Psalm 115 - God Does What He Pleases
3 Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. 4 But their idols are silver and gold, made by but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk, nor can they utter a sound with their throats. 8 Those who make the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children. 15 May you be blessed by the Lord, the Maker So often we take its literal meaning - ALL / POWER - to its logical conclusion: that our all-powerful that His grace is stronger than you are, always remember that everything God does is good, whether it makes
- John 6:51-60 - What Did He Just Say?
Summary Jesus broke every public relations rule there is. Every part of you must look different as a result of participating in the Lord's Supper.
- Ephesians 5:25-27 - Christ's Radiant Bride
. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make something important about Him and the amazing love that He has for us, but it also shows us something very everyone stands and turns their attention towards the back to watch the bride and her father as they make aisle, and what he sees is the culmination of hours of preparation and primping by bride's maids to make purified us in a way far beyond the capacity of any earthly bridesmaid: He gave Himself up for us to make
- Romans 6:5-11 - Freed By Death
While we celebrate the resurrection every time we gather for worship, we especially do so on Easter Sunday wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every
- Zechariah 8 - The Economic Value of the Truth
Rather, in court and everywhere else, I should avoid lying and deceit of every kind; these are devices God made these promises to a particular people, living in a particular place, at a particular time in
- 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 - Two Letter Conundrum
At that table he makes us enjoy himself as much as the merits of his suffering and death, as he nourishes The wicked person certainly takes the sacrament, to his condemnation, but does not receive the truth Dig Deeper Want to start a fight between two solid Christians who agree on nearly every other aspect There "takes place a change of the whole substance of the bread into the substance of the body of Christ
- Matthew 6:5-13 - AAA Prayer
God to give us his Son as our Intercessor, let us not leave him for another— or rather seek, without ever One mistake we might make in understanding this is that since Jesus is advocating on our behalf, there's letting Jesus speak on our behalf, but rather we must articulate the requests we've been commanded to make before our Father and make them through Jesus, our intercessor. so it's important that when we pray, we re-align ourselves with His will, rather than attempting to make
- Psalm 22:1-10 - Pro Life
Dig Deeper It's easy to confuse who is making the promises as the sacrament of baptism is being applied ensure their child will come to know Jesus as Savior, but even the congregation is asked to rise and make But don't ever forget that these promises are made in response to the promise God has made first. Knowing that an unchanging God chose us before the world was created assures us that He will never ever extends His covenantal offer of salvation to not just particular people, but also their children, it only makes
- Romans 1:18-21 - Here's Your Problem!
is before our eyes like a beautiful book in which all creatures, great and small, are as letters to make Second, he makes himself known to us more openly by his holy and divine Word, as much as we need in this Dig Deeper This harsh passage leads to very good news. Nobody ever wants to hear the doctor say the word 'cancer,' but yet knowing exactly where the cancer The very first word that Jesus spoke in beginning His earthly ministry reveals the solution to our primary
- Leviticus 18 - Uncomfortable Holiness
This chapter will make you squirm, but you must be aware of God's righteous requirements. Since we've been made holy in Christ, understanding that 'holy' means separated (Lev. 20:26), we must other words, the best way to equip people to come to correct conclusions regarding sexuality is to make The best way to tighten your grip is to strengthen your understanding of how it is that you've been made according to God's sexual standards, and that you'll become increasingly aware of what it means to be made










