approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. 3  For by the grace given me I say to every Saints Article 12 - The Lifestyle Assurance Brings This assurance of perseverance, however, so far from making self-assured, is rather the true root of humility, of childlike respect, of genuine godliness, of endurance in every evil that seeks to plant its flag inside of you - your sinful nature ( Sarx ), who gains ground with every In fact, the Bible draws to a close with Jesus promising to do the very thing that Paul here prohibits

of the Gospel In order that people may be brought to faith,  God mercifully sends messengers of this very orators who traveled throughout the Roman empire did, speaking to large assemblies in amphitheaters in every There are lots of ways to short circuit this process, and lots of churches try to do so often to make it an easier and more entertaining experience, and many of their innovations really seem to make sense After all, anything that makes it easier for people to understand the gospel seems like it ought to be

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

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

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

Summary God makes two primary promises to the newly minted leader of His people - promises that extend The second promise God makes here just sounds plain wrong. gospel, in which a celebrity huckster 'preacher' twists Biblical truth into some contrived formula to make Such heretics ought to make you sick and angry! You can't actively read the Bible every minute of the day.

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.