So you, the descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed. 7  Ever since the time of your fathers you have In God We Trust ​ Article 5: The Sources of Unbelief and of Faith James 1:13-18 - The Devil (didn't) Make 45:21-25 - Irrevocable Ezekiel 36:24-27 - A Whole New Reality Romans 9:15-21 - God's Mercy, Not Your Effort Is Unchangeable Just as God is most wise, unchangeable, all-knowing, and almighty,  so the election made

In God We Trust ​ Article 5: The Sources of Unbelief and of Faith James 1:13-18 - The Devil (didn't) Make 45:21-25 - Irrevocable Ezekiel 36:24-27 - A Whole New Reality Romans 9:15-21 - God's Mercy, Not Your Effort Literally translated, you are the best thing that God has made! And as God's prized possession , God has a very specific purpose that He's designed and redeemed you

Destroy the devil’s work; destroy every force which revolts against you and every conspiracy against And while their devotion is commendable and should be emulated, make sure to deliver credit where it

When viewed on their own, Jesus' words here don't make very much sense. But when we look at the context they come in, in which Peter is trying to make Jesus into the savior When you pray those very simple words, or ones like them, you're praying for a very profound thing: that Make alignment a key element in every prayer that you pray, that you would deny yourself, take up your

After fasting for forty days it only makes sense that Jesus hungered in a way that most of us can't even This first time, Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8:3, which is a promise God makes to bless Israel if they put following 'every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord' ahead of their own appetites in life. But God knows our weakness, and how central our physical appetites are to our decision making process AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, whose every word is more necessary than bread;

Holy Spirit kindles in our hearts a true faith that embraces Jesus Christ, with all his merits, and makes So it makes sense that the Devil twists this truth in order to deceive people. What makes this idea really popular in our day and age is that you can define what's good or bad on your "A person is not justified [made righteous] by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ." eyes, but rather because living apart from it - living sinfully - seems disgusting and contrary to every

But every so often it's good to just stop and admire the beautiful greetings that introduce these tremendous Often the theology present in these opening paragraphs is every bit as substantial as it is in the body with; the same holy, just and perfectly righteous God that you rebelled against in sin and who has every You don't need to pray through a certain saint in certain situations or make oaths or vows in the name

life according to your word.  38  Fulfill your promise to your servant, so that you may be feared. 39  Take God infuses new qualities into the will,  making the dead will alive,  the evil one good, the unwilling overarching theme of this, the longest of all the psalms: the magnificence and usefulness of God's Word for every Not only that, but you carry around every translation of scripture ever produced - and even the original

Second, he has been given to me personally, so that, by true faith, he makes me share in Christ and all This is actually going to make life more difficult for you, because you live in a world of lies that Dig Deeper What a promise that Jesus makes to you - twice in this short passage - that the Holy Spirit Furthermore, this isn't just a temporary condition that you experience every now and then, rather it's But this doesn't mean that you will feel His presence every moment.

ministry of the gospel come to Christ and are brought to conversion  must not be ­credited to human effort These were things I (we) was (were) taught to exalt above all things - so far from ever considering them Very few people who are wise by human standards would include these three attributes in their definition Redemption - A transaction has been made which has set you free from the power of sin and which has