Ps. 42:1-2, “As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul longs for thee, Oh God. My soul thirst for God, for the living God; when shall I come and appear before God (Encounter him)?” Ps. 42:7, “Deep calls to deep at the sound of Thy waterfalls; all Thy breakers and Thy waves […]
When I think of Paul and Silas singing praises to God, having been beaten, chained and imprisoned, when I think of Daniel at peace in the Lions den, or young David confidently approaching the almost 10 foot Goliath, and many other examples in scripture of people confidently facing extraordinary stresses and danger, it makes me
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In Zechariah 2:8 we are told that we are the pupil of His eye. That means that God loves us so much that if you want to find us, all you have to do is look into the pupil of His eye and you will see our reflection. He never ignores you, or grows tired
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Matt. 4:1, ”Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” Luke 4:1-2, ”Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.” Luke 4:13-14, “When the devil had finished every
The ministry of the wilderness is not the easiest ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives, but it can be the most productive, as far as eternal realities are concerned. In those wilderness places the Holy Spirit often accelerates our spiritual growth and fruit bearing. If a plant has feelings I’m sure that being
“And not holding fast to the Head, from Whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by means of its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.” That is Colossians 2:19, and it reminds us that our priority in this Christian life is to hold fast to the head, not growth.
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Jesus said that the Father wasn’t looking for mere followers; but that he was looking for true worshipers, who would worship him in spirit and truth. Worship of course, can involve song and music and extravagant expressions of adoration, but worship is certainly not confined to a part of the service when Christians come together
Acts 8:1-3, And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. 2 Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him. 3 But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men
John 3:31 “He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. 33 He who has received His testimony has
