to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. 11  To him be the power for ever and ever. But God's exaltation of you (as every other major translation puts it) isn't instantaneous, as we often in the sufferings of Christ and so of participating in his glory." ...will Himself restore you and make and ever.

Here they had just asked one of the best, most important question they ever ask: "Lord, teach us to pray We might expect Jesus' answer here would end up making Psalm 119 look short. Nearly every prayer written in the Bible, just like this model prayer that Jesus gave us, is fairly short This is what makes it possible for you to fulfill the Bible's command to pray constantly (1 Thessalonians

life I will have perfect blessedness such as no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no human heart has ever fact that Heaven has a limited life span is actually good news, because both heaven and earth will be made The promise that God makes throughout scripture will finally come to pass: He will be our God, and we Do you long to be quenched with God's Word every day the same way you may crave a cup of coffee (or maybe here in Revelation 21:7 to describe God's people that he used to recount Jesus words in John 16:33 ("take

who fear him, and he delivers them. 8   Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned. 22  The LORD will rescue his servants; no one who takes 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 Whereas David needed to make himself look shameful before the kings of the world, those who look to the

19  Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every God's grace, delivered to you through the faith given to you by the Holy Spirit, totally changes every A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will do the hard work of continually repenting in every

17  Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19  Every tree that does not bear good fruit Summary As He teaches here near the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus makes His point twice: His When you take an apple tree, plant it in good soil, keep it well watered and expose it to lots and lots Take a moment to remind yourself what we learned last year, that truly good fruit arises out of true

Credit: Mike Measley, Evangelical Free Bible Church 1 Peter 1:13–21 (NET) CONTEXT: We read the passage He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake Most car wrecks occur very close to where the driver lives because the familiarity of the area makes , but it heightens all of your senses and makes you a better driver. That's what Peter has in mind here; live with this fear -filled intensity every day!

Second, he has been given to me personally, so that, by true faith, he makes me share in Christ and all Paul here certainly makes reference to God the Father, as well as the Lord Jesus Christ, but he seems Spirit really isn't all that shy, since He's the member of the Godhead we hear from the most, in that every Make a habit of pushing those distractions away, so that that you can hear the Holy Spirit coming alongside

History records that one of the most powerful men to ever live, King Cyrus, would be the one to defeat God is not coming to bring salvation just to make life a little better for His people. Every kid has pondered the age old question: can God make a rock so big that He can't lift it?

You know to take what you hear and see with a massive grain of salt and filter out the filth as you consume Dig Deeper   It's the same on nearly every educational campus anymore - from elementary schools to major Paul draws on the universally popular appeal of athletics to make his point: Reject the world's drivel In other words, take the habits and methods gained from the physical training we impress upon ourselves