high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every He therefore was made man, uniting together the divine and human natures, so that we human beings might Although he was “in the form of God,” he nevertheless “emptied himself,” taking the form of “a man” and “a servant” for us; and he made himself “completely like his brothers.” representing you, one who is able "to empathize with your weaknesses" and "who has been tempted in every

complexities of the smallest microscopic organism to the forces holding galaxies together, as well as every Not only does God know every detail of the universe, He knows the seemingly meaningless things about you: when you sit and rise, what you're thinking, where you'll go today, and even the very next word What an amazing thing, to be able to harness nearly every bit of recorded knowledge and report it on

Second, that every day of my life I rest from my evil ways, let the Lord work in me through his Spirit Reformed people, we're used to pointing to a specific chapter and verse in the Bible as the foundation for every We're people who firmly stand on the Word of God so that we don't get "blown here and there by every Paul tells the Corinthians (and subsequently us) to take that collection each time they come together to meet for worship - on the first day of every week.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every He blesses us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing - Whatever God has blessed you with You have been made holy and blameless in Christ , and you have been adopted to sonship through Christ

seems harsh to us that someone would order an employee who's been working hard all day long to first make Yet in Jesus' day, this example wouldn't have been as shocking to those who heard it; there was a very Jesus was simply using a commonly accepted and recognized social dynamic to make a bigger spiritual point He's not impressed when you perform some sort of extra-good deed every now and then when He designed

It takes more than just participating in outward (literally: lit up / visible) activities to make a person commonly, people might think that nibbling on a bit of bread and chasing it down with a swig of wine every

desires of your heart. 5   Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: 6  He will make . 15  But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. -- 23  The LORD makes they carry out their wicked schemes can cause one to wonder if the sacrifices the LORD calls us to make solid promises that Psalm 37 reminds you of: The LORD will give you the desires of your heart; He will make Verses 23-24 come right smack in the middle, and therefore the primary point of Psalm 37: 23  The LORD makes

yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do amazing things among you.” 6   Joshua said to the priests, “Take they'd been promised was currently inhabited by people who were bigger and stronger than they were in every But in a very similar fashion, the LORD comes to you every seven days and tells you to set it aside. He commands that you rest and be consecrated - cleaned, purified and made holy - not by the means of The best way for you to do this is to deliberately set the ever-present busyness aside and gather with

Push back on your tendency to make God something He's not. 20: The Justice and Mercy of God in Christ We believe that God— who is perfectly merciful and also very So God made known his justice toward his Son, who was charged with our sin, and he poured out his goodness Yet one thing your prayers - and not just our prayers, but every aspect of your life - must have is a That's because we keep reading the very same words as we work through our Confession: God is both merciful

tongues have difficulty properly pronouncing Dordrecht , it's been shortened to 'Dordt' (some people make of the glory of God , rather than the more familiar fallen short of the glory of God , which almost every And that's exactly how Jesus used the very same word as well in the parable of the Prodigal Son: he was