LORD's decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father. ⁸ Ask me, and I will make progress; and every anti-Christian power may be resisted. Psalm 2 sets forth two competing realities, but it also makes clear that only one of these realities He's not laughing because He thinks their attempts are so funny, but because He knows their rebellious efforts Remember that your Father in heaven is laughing  at the feeble efforts this world musters in rebellion

ministry of the gospel come to Christ and are brought to conversion  must not be ­credited to human effort your salvation with awe and reverence... ...for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort One lexicon defines it as "to cause to be, to make to be, to make, to result in, to bring upon, to bring In other words, you must do the hard work of making your salvation by grace alone evident in every aspect the energy to will and to act (or as the NET puts it, bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort

God supernaturally uses our efforts to save those He's appointed to eternal life. Regeneration a Supernatural Work Regeneration, is the new creation, the raising from the dead, and the making and on the next Sabbath, every preacher's dream came true: almost the whole city gathered to hear the It wasn't Paul's awesome preaching or the efforts of those who spread the word throughout the city before certainly does not happen only by [our] outward teaching, by moral persuasion (although our evangelistic efforts

Lord’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father. ⁸ Ask me, and I will make progress; and every anti-Christian power may be resisted . Psalm 2 sets forth two competing realities, but it also makes clear that only one of these realities He's not laughing because He thinks their attempts are so funny, but because He knows their rebellious efforts Remember that your Father in heaven is laughing at the feeble efforts this world musters in rebellion

every tree that has fruit with seed in it. Summary It makes sense for a book to start in the beginning. But every other book and every other story finds its beginning within the confines of an already existing This lie is part of a coordinated effort to sow mistrust not just in these opening words of scripture , but in every word that follows this first chapter.

There should also be elders and deacons, along with the pastors, to make up the council of the church Literally, they go without sleep or rest in their effort to guide, guard and protect your very soul. Certainly they make this effort because they love and care for you, but here we're reminded they have Finally, you're commanded here to make your leaders' efforts enjoyable and not burdensome. our actions; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray for your church's leaders, and pray that you will make

But every so often, the KJV can't be topped, and such is the case with this opening verse in today's You see tens of thousands of different things each and every day - far too many to focus on each and every detail. So John here reminds you that every so often, you need stop, drop what you're doing, rid yourself of That's why you need to make a concerted effort in your life to get up and out of the valley every so

Bible.com Philippians 3:7–14 (NIV) 7  But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake Summary So often Christianity is described in terms of how it makes people feel. He wanted to participate in it in such a way that every bit of knowledge he gained would make him more These are aggressive words that Paul used to describe his efforts. They mean to strive after something - to go after it with every ounce of energy possible.

will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” 16 It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it, ‘Why did you make me like this?’  Since we've so clearly seen how God has blessed our efforts in so many different arenas and ways, it's unequivocal terms it says that it - that is, God's saving compassion - does not depend upon your desire or efforts God raised Pharaoh up, meaning that God engineered every aspect of Pharaoh's life to put him in a position

one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed And truth be told, while we work hard to make it look like the offense bounced right off of us, the pain Notice it's not to beat our brother (in every sense of the word), but to win him - to bring him back The group needs to be just big enough so that every fact may be confirmed. His gathered Church comes together to seek truth and call sinners to repentance, Jesus blesses their efforts