Make people ask about your life "Is it live, or is it Memorex?" At that table he makes us enjoy himself as much as the merits of his suffering and death, as he nourishes The wicked person certainly takes the sacrament, to his condemnation, but does not receive the truth In other words, as you participate in the Supper, you become an imitator of God , fulfilling the very

back to it later this week. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked ; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 8 Then the man and his wife heard 10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? comforted him, promising to give him his Son, “born of a woman,” to crush the head of the serpent, and to make

Summary This famous account of David being confronted with his sin makes for an excellent model for how King David is a powerful, rich and very well established monarch, and normally men in his position are most of us when we're called out for something we instinctively knew was wrong is to deny we did it or make He responds to God's call to insert himself in a very awkward and potentially dangerous situation to

Philippians 3:7–9 (ESV) 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain He writes, “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. must find your true value, and this is where you must place your confidence, not in anything you could ever Far from making you complacent, this should spur you on to gratitude, so that you're living out of gratitude

his mouth. 10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Atonement We believe that Jesus Christ is a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek— made The Messiah will take up our pain and will bear our suffering. was to come; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: May I never forget the suffering that Jesus endured by taking

Jesus launched the Church with the expressed mission to make disciples . There have been times in history where this strategy has been very much in season; churches were full Dig Deeper   Paul here, inspired by the Holy Spirit, not only makes the church's strategy crystal clear

No worker of any trade will ever be found in you again. Judgment (Part 2) The evil ones will be convicted by the witness of their own consciences, and shall be made And as a gracious reward the Lord will make them possess a glory such as the heart of man could never Take a moment to think about Babylon's tragedy. It was part of God's creation, just like you. The city was filled with people who made music, work their trade, married and carried on business.

. 25  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26  to make How could any man ever hope to match such self-sacrificial love? , elder or deacon and you're not experiencing this as you oversee your little corner of the Church, make

There should also be elders and deacons, along with the pastors, to make up the council of the church By this means true religion is preserved; true doctrine is able to take its course; and evil men are Summary It didn't take long in the early church for problems to crop up. often interrupted from times of prayer, preaching and teaching in order to figure out the logistics of making

20 Adam named his wife Eve,  because she would become the mother of all the living. 21 The Lord God made he had received from God, and he retained none of them except for small traces which are enough to make God had created a world of beauty and had breathed life into a the first man, created in the very image purposes they'd been created for, but now they'd work in frustration until they disintegrated into the very The innocent blood of animals would flow in abundance in the tabernacle and temple until the very people