We don’t have to live our lives “stressed out;” instead, we get to live “resting in” the adequacy of Christ, who has brought our lives and our life story into union with His. Paul spent the last years of his life imprisoned under house arrest in Rome, and in Ephesians 3:1, he referred to himself […]
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What kind of atmosphere do you live in? I mean, what’s it like in your home? What’s it like in your workplace? The environment that we live in shapes our consciousness, and what we are conscious of is what we manifest wherever we go. If the atmosphere that we spend most of our time in
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2 Timothy 2:11-13 NASB It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; [12] If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; [13] If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. The word
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Ephesians 2:13-18; 3:11-12 NASB But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. [14] For He Himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, [15] by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the
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Through the incarnation, Jesus humbled Himself and emptied Himself to become like us. In His resurrection/ascension, He allows us to share in His divinity so we can become like Him. Our identity is so in union with His that, in light of Paul’s persecution of the church, Jesus asked him, “Why are you persecuting me.”
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“I don’t obsess over anything; instead, I possess everything.”This is what the Lord spoke into me, as I was obsessing about something. If I’m not circumspect, I can be a professional Obsessor. The most dominate flavor of my flesh is fear, and fear always gives both to obsessive thinking. I knew when the Jesus spoke
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2 Corinthians 5:14-17 NASB For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; [15] and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. [16] Therefore from now on
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Have you ever said things like, “I just can’t take it anymore,” or “I just can’t do it (some assignment in life) anymore? Jesus said, “Apart from Me, you can do nothing,” and Paul said, “I can do all things in Christ who (continually) strengthens me.” Because of our union with Christ, we never have
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How much does Jesus love you? How you answer that question will go a long way in determining if you are able to abide in Christ. Remember, every Christian is in Christ, but every Christian doesn’t necessarily abide in Christ. John 15:10 says, “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you;
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1 John 5:4-5 NASB For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. [5] Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Revelation 3:21 NASB He who overcomes, I will grant to him
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