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

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

he had received from God, and he retained none of them except for small traces which are enough to make But it didn't take long for the pinnacle of His creation, His prized possession, the best thing He ever John never makes clear whether or not Nicodemus ever fully stepped out of the darkness and into this Make sure you don't leave any doubt in your life! Make it clear to yourself and all those close to you that you are a person who lives in the Light.

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

truth in unrighteousness, 19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made God has made himself known through creation. Despite God making himself known, mankind fails to honor him. around the idea that God is love, leading them to conclude that what God wants for them is whatever makes

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

But not every predicament in life affords the opportunity for formal, hands folded and heads bowed prayer It's good for you to have an instinct to approach every problem and challenge in prayer.

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

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

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.