When considering faith and mustard seeds and how many mountains I have seen moved, I have often wondered what Jesus meant by his statement in Matthew 17:20. “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a [...]
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Give us a greater hunger, Lord, than we have ever known. Help us to wait in one accord until Your power is shown. Keep us Your children on our knees, beseeching You with mighty pleas Till floods of blessing like the seas sweep over all Your own. Give us a sense of urgency that [...]
(James 1:12-18, Gen. 3, Eph. 6:10-18) As we “press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:14), we must never forget to “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8) How [...]
READ Galatians 6:1-6 It was the end of the Civil War. After General Robert E. Lee’s surrender, President Lincoln spoke to a large crowd from the balcony of the White House. At the end of his speech, Senator Harlan asked, “What shall we do with the rebels?” The vindictive crowd shouted back, “Hang them!” Tad Lincoln, [...]
Heroes from the Bible that found God's will by "being still" Job - 40:3-4, 42:1-6 Elijah at the mountain - I Kings 19:8-13 David -- Ps. 4:4 -- the solution to sinful anger is meditation on the Word of God and being still. Jesus -- our ultimate example Would go off by himself to [...]
How do we become truly Mature in Christ? How do we grow up into Him as the Scriptures tell us to do? What is the Meaning of Maturity? Last week we dug into what it means to be Rooted in Christ. With that foundation in place we realize that a person who becomes mature [...]
Let's talk about what it means to grow into mature Christians. Today we will look at an overview of what the topics will be the next three weeks and focus on being Rooted in Christ. Last week we talked about how as Christians we should continually be growing up in Christ and becoming mature Christians. [...]
When we look closely at Scripture we see that God always looks for His children to continue growing closer to Him, and consequently, becoming more and more like Him. He gave us everything we need to grow: His Word as found in the Bible (2 Tim. 3:16), other people who can help to sharpen us [...]
