For the believer, patience is built upon the absolute, unshakable belief that God is sovereign. We can be patient because we know we are neither forgotten nor forsaken by our heavenly Father. Patience is the result of knowing that God has every detail of our lives under control. Nothing escapes His eternal care.
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Freedom. We yearn for it. We dream of a life with no barriers, no boundaries, a life of free will where we can do whatever, whenever, however, with whomever we wish. But, let's pause and ponder on this for a moment. What is true freedom? Is it really the absence of rules, regulations, or a framework?
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Life is full of mysteries. For me, one of the most significant is sanctification—the Holy Spirit’s work of conforming believers into the image of Christ. How the Spirit works to get more of the nature of Jesus into us so that His nature will be lived through us is fantastic. It’s a life-long process that the Bible says begins in an instant.
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There is only one true God, and He demands exclusive worship. That is the essence of the first commandment God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. It is also the unshakable and unchanging truth about God from eternity past to eternity future.
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Can we know for sure that God really exists? The sceptics say it’s foolish to believe in an invisible, impersonal God without empirical proof that He exists. And yet, believers will tell you that although God’s existence can’t be proved scientifically, the weight of evidence not only makes it possible to believe in God’s existence–it make it hard to ignore.
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A church as God intends it is not a gathering of people who sit back and listen to one person preach. Instead, one life touches the life of another, who then touches the lives of people in his or her sphere of influence—those whom the originator would never have known.
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Principle number three: after Pentecost, supernatural signs were generally given to people who weren’t looking for them. For example, think about the story of the Roman centurion Cornelius. He loved God, but he didn’t know Jesus Christ. So God appeared to Cornelius in a vision and said, “Send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter” (Acts 10:5).
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Our minds can move in many different directions every moment of the day. This makes it hard to keep our minds fixed on what the Word of God teaches (2 Peter 1:3-4). We say that the Word of God is our anchor, but many people are still fearful, stressed, or feeling insecure about the times we are living in.
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Jesus’ prayer on the eve of His crucifixion is given in a familiar account. One phrase is particularly striking: “Not my will, but yours” (Luke 22:42). These five words demonstrate the Son’s submission to the Father—a heart disposition essential to all proper prayer.
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My husband Rich and I were recently chatting about friendships and people that we have lost track of over the years. It's sad when a friendship fades and many times we are left to wonder why. What happened? Was this a friendship that was only meant to last a season or was there something more that transpired that we were not cognizant of at the time. Over time, our perspectives change, and ...
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