First, Paul prays that God would sanctify us - that He would make us holy . In other words, God isn't just peaceful, He's the creator, designer, and perfect example of the very This, of course, doesn't mean you don't need to exert any effort at all to keep yourself blameless, for the New Testament often implores you to make every effort to do exactly that! Rather, you can make such an effort only because your faithful Father is equipping you to do so by breathing

Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8  Whoever makes a practice of sinning The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9  No one born of God makes Nearly every aspect of it - both good and bad things -have the capacity and often the intention to pry Rather, John's concern is those who makes a practice of sinning; that is, they let sin fester without So just like a duck can't help but quack, make sure you make every effort to always do what is right.

Second, that every day of my life I rest from my evil ways, let the Lord work in me through his Spirit This hope becomes reality when you lay down your 'work' - your frenzied efforts to attain everything This is why every Lord's Day, when the saints gather together for a small foretaste of the true Sabbath So "make every effort to enter that rest." Continue reading scripture every day and gathering with the Saints on the Lord's Day as often as possible

Whereas they were content to just follow the letter of the law, you must make every effort to not only avoid breaking the commandments, but also look for ways to love those around you in every situation

Whereas they were content to just follow the letter of the law, you must make every effort to not only avoid breaking the commandments, but also look for ways to love those around you in every situation

Dig Deeper This means, as we see so often in God's Word, that you must make every effort to follow the instructions that come in v6 - instead of stewing in anxiety, in every situation you face present your ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Do not be anxious about anything; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: but in every

hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. 5   The sea is his, for he made his hands formed the dry land. 6  Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11  Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience

you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. 3  Again I declare to every Therefore, far from making people cold toward living in a pious and holy way, this justifying faith, Sarx knows that the more you depend upon religious rites to make you right with God, the less you'll Paul doesn't mince words: if you insist upon keeping any religious rituals, you need to keep every religious The faith which has been given to you by God, which you " make every effort " to strengthen and increase

The primary purpose of the Spirit is: to guide / tell / make known the truth to you. what is yet to come. 14  He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.” every effort to do ), you need to expose yourself to these elements often. Keep reading the Word every day, as you're doing right now, and regularly gather with the saints on the

Take a breather: enjoy the peace & comfort given in very simple language. comforted him, promising to give him his Son, “born of a woman,” to crush the head of the serpent, and to make Jesus was made like us in every way, but since He was born of a woman, yet had no earthly father - no We use all sorts of complicated terms that we don't normally use in everyday language, we make distinctions every effort" to make our salvation sure.