Isaiah 55:1-3 ESV
Cf. John 4:10-15; Revelation 3:14-22
“Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters…”
To Thirst For
To thirst is to long for, to desire, to hunger after something. It has to do with our appetites – physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. As human beings, we...
Why My Church is NOT Growing – Part 19 - What is our problem with authority?
In this last posting regarding authority, we examine the true underlying problem with authority and what we should do about bringing correction. Check it out.
GodsTruthInLove.org
1. My Life Before Christ
Before I found my true love, Jesus Christ, I was full of lust and perversion, proud, sadistic, angry, vengeful, argumentative, disrespectful to my family, manipulative, self-hating, apathetic towards life, anxious, God-hating, brute, depressed, black metal loving...
Everyone defines repentance as a change of mind towards sin where you no longer want to do things not pleasing to God. I feel like I just can't achieve this mind frame. On one hand, I feel God has delivered me from a lot of things. I am no longer involved in gang life, I have let go of the...
John 8:31-32 ESV
So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Not everyone who says he believes in Jesus truly believes in him. Even the demons believe, and they shudder...
Isaiah 1:10 ESV
Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of Sodom!
Give ear to the teaching of our God,
you people of Gomorrah!
Sodom and Gomorrah are names which are synonymous with sexual immorality, perversion, homosexuality, rebellion, arrogance and apathy. Nonetheless, literal Sodom...
Micah 6:3-5 ESV
“O my people, what have I done to you?
How have I wearied you? Answer me!
For I brought you up from the land of Egypt
and redeemed you from the house of slavery,
and I sent before you Moses,
Aaron, and Miriam.
O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised...
An Original Work / December 28, 2018
Based off Matthew 11
A messenger was sent from God
To prepare the way for Jesus.
He was not flashy - finely dressed.
The people he did not impress.
He spoke the truth of righteousness,
And called for sinners to repent.
He showed the way to peace with...
Luke 2:11-14 NIV
“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”
Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying...
“Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'” ~ John 8:12 YLT
Again and Again
Have you ever noticed how many times in scripture certain messages are repeated over...
Psalm 136:1-9 NASB
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Give thanks to the God of gods,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
To Him who alone does great wonders,
For His...
An Original Work / November 16, 2018
When death comes a knocking
On your door,
Will you be ready to
Meet your Lord?
Have you repented of
All your sins?
Have you made Jesus
Your Lord within?
Or,
Are you still living
Your life for self,
While you put Jesus
Up on the shelf?
Is your life...
Joshua 24:1-2a ESV
Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel…”
We read in the Bible that...
Psalm 51
Introduction
For the choir director. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
David, a man after God’s own heart, who followed the Lord with all his heart, was still flesh and blood. He was still human, and he was tempted to sin as we...
My boyfriend and I are both Christian (a faithful one - born and raised in a strong Christian family). However after dating, we find ourselves now keep on struggling with our sexual desire and sin. It started with a normal kiss and hug, then passionate kiss, and now dry humping and touching...
“Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have no money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without cost.
“Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And delight...
Can you imagine with me what it would be like to physically be in Jesus’ presence, and to be able to sit down with him on a mountain, and to listen to him teach us his truths? Think with me for a moment what it would be like to gaze up at his face and to be able to look into his eyes and to see...
“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4 NASB
The Lord is having me to focus on just these two...