Dear friends in Christ,
I had it on my heart to compile a list of New Testament prayers because I felt that it would be very useful to us as believers to pray for the things that apostle Paul – and obviously God – thought it was important to pray for. This way we are praying according to the will of God and according to the mind of Christ.
I wonder what you consider the most valuable thing you can have? Some would say, “family”. Certainly, Family is very valuable. A lot more people when it gets down to it really value “pleasure” even more. That is why, if the marriage is miserable, many people will eventually adopt the attitude that divorce is the solution. By divorcing, they hope to have the chance to rebuild a happy life again. The love of pleasure can manifest itself in thousands of different ways. There is no doubt that for many, it is the supreme value. And doubtless many of those people would call themselves Christians also.
For some, money is the supreme value. Now I know that as Christians we would never say it so openly. But as the saying goes, “Actions speak louder than words”. What are we really spending most of our effort on, if not for money?
Here are the words of Basilea Schlink on this issue:
Preparation starts today!
1. Every time difficulties and impossible situations arise now, I will believe in the omnipotence of God and His fatherly aid. I will not give place to worry, but completely trust in the Father’s tender, loving care, for He never gives me more than I can bear and always has ways and means to help. Then by the time persecution breaks out, I shall be ‘practiced in faith’ so that I can experience His aid.
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The Bible says that God’s children are predestined to be conformed to the image of Jesus.
Romans 8:29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.
If people just believed the message of John’s gospel they wouldn’t be attracted to all kinds of fancy and unbiblical spiritual sensations. Because John’s gospel is ABSOLUTELY REVOLUTIONARY and I am not sure how many of us believe it yet.
John’s gospel basically tells us: because of Jesus Christ and His work, God now can and will live in your life and operate through you in the same way that Jesus did! You too can be a child of God and go as Jesus went!
How do you react when God seems to deny you what you ask in prayer, at least for the time being, and you do not understand why? What if you prayed for a long time and it still did not get answered yet? Does that make you change the way you think or feel about God? Does it makes you feel dissapointed or maybe offended with God? Does it affect the quality of your relationship and intimacy with God? Believe me, it did affect mine in the past, and it took me 4 years and a LOT of pain of mind and soul to get to understand what I am writing to you about below.
Professing Christians that have time for television but no time for God’s Word are idolaters. Don’t be one of them!
Please consider the following Scripture:
The so-called “Golden Rule” is actually found in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew 7:12.
“Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
The very next verses say:
“Enter by the Narrow Gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.
In a previous post I made reference to the problems that can occur when people step beyond the limits of the authority God has given them and try to assert authority over matters which do not belong to them.
Jesus never delegates his Lordship but he does appoint people – both Christian and non-Christian, to have areas of authority in different spheres. What are these spheres?
1. Civil Government. See Romans 13. Christians are called to submit to civil government in matters of public administration.
2. The Family. See Ephesians 5 and 6.
Brethren, Jesus Christ is Lord (master) of the Church. HE is the one who bought us all with His blood. (That is to say, by his death on the cross, He paid for your sins and purchased you and me out of the hand of the devil). It is now our duty to submit to Jesus Christ absolutely. HE is Lord of all.
I hope these Scriptures below will suffice to make God’s viewpoint on this matter absolutely clear to you, that both corporately and individually, we are owned by God.
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