pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11  Do not cast me from your presence or take Our need is for something outside of ourselves to make a radical difference within ourselves. Rather, he realizes that the only way he could ever find peace with God is for his heart - that is, his intellect, emotions and volition - to be made completely new again. Make David's prayer your prayer as another week draws to a close and you prepare for God to continue

That we in no way make any image of God nor worship him in any other way than he has commanded in his He tells them to make burnt, grain, fellowship, sin, and guilt offerings. Not just anyone could make these offerings. Only the priests were to make these offerings on behalf of the people, and they are to be done in a very Unfortunately, rather quickly after being ordained as priests, Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu make a critical

And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4   We write this to make our joy forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10  If we claim we have not sinned, we make Nothing is ever either black or white, everything is a shade of gray. fundamental property of the universe created by God (Gen 1:1), it allows and sustains all life, it makes

He will destroy these nations before you, and you will take possession of their land. As he announces this to the people, Moses gives no commentary or back story as to why the LORD had made The LORD would destroy and deliver  so that His people could take possession of the land. You, just like Moses and every other saint who’s gone before you, have fallen and continue to fall into

Have you ever thought of yourself as being spiritually spoiled? Romans 8:32-34 (NIV) ... us to get rid of this foolish fear— or rather, this unbelief— he says to us that Jesus Christ was “made God to give us his Son as our Intercessor, let us not leave him for another— or rather seek, without ever Every verse in it is pure comforting truth, and today's short passage is no exception. Confession, and especially awesome passages like Romans 8 - and, as one famous theologian once said, wake

So it makes sense to them that each one of us who've evolved from this randomness need to individually define our reality as it makes sense to us. That makes the phrase Soli Deo Gloria - Glory to God Alone - more than just a meaningless motto, it's

They were instituted by God so that by our use of them he might make us understand more clearly the promise Summary Jesus uses very interesting terminology when instituting the Lord’s Supper. He says to his disciples when they are eating the communion bread, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Baptism is a sign and seal because it points to the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross, and shows us how What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever But you likely don't take that same attitude in other aspects of your life. woman's testimony only know about her personal experience with Jesus - that He told her everything she ever Son is the only and entirely complete sacrifice and satisfaction for sins based only on how Jesus makes point others to hear the Word of God for themselves, so that they too can know not just how Jesus makes

that Jesus Christ, according to his divine nature, is the only Son of God— eternally begotten, not made The apostle says that “God made the world by his Son.” But this King would be very different than David. Micah here describes our situation; having been defeated by sin and now held under siege until every It's not that He's not part of us - He very much is, so much so that as a man He perfectly represents

Paul knows that when the gospel is unchained and boldly proclaimed, churches will grow in every sense