“21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord , Lord , did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Does God Really Know Us? (Part 2)
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christian Life, Doing God's Will, God Knowing Us, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Salvation, The Big Question on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Does God Really Know Us?
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christian Life, Doing God's Will, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Salvation, The Big Question on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Revisitting Matthew 7:21-23: “21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord , Lord , did we not prophesy in your name, and in your [...]
Repent, Be Cleansed and Arise!
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christian Life, Glory, Jesus, Repentance on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two scriptures from Isaiah today. One about (in my words) God’s people ‘playing church’ and being ‘religious’ and God calling them to repentance and cleansing. And the other about God’s people arising (waking up) and being His light to the nations and His glory shining through them! Isaiah 1:10-20 10 Hear the word of the [...]
This World’s ‘Magic Spell’
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Babylon, Christian Life, Godlessness, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Sin, Worldliness on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have we been led astray by this world’s ‘Magic Spell’? Revelation 18:1-24 18:1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. 2 With a mighty voice he shouted: “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons [...]
A Radically Different Kingdom…
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christian Life, Glory, Jesus, Joy, Salvation on June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Two verses came to me during worship yesterday (ie: before the message). The first one is from part of Isaiah 53:10 (Note: the whole of Isaiah 53 is a prophecy about Jesus). I offer a few different Bible versions for perspective… ‘Yet it was the LORD’s WILL to CRUSH HIM and cause him to suffer’ [...]
Trampling Grace
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christian Compromise, Christian Life, Faith, Grace, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Repentance on June 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These verses came up in a prayer meeting on Wednesday so I am thinking and pondering and praying about them. I have given them a heading but I offer them with very little comments at the moment. Titus 2:11-3:8 (What grace does) 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all [...]
Faith (Part 2.1)
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christian Compromise, Christian Life, Faith, Intimacy with God, Jesus on June 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Proverbs 11:3 3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. NIV I came across this verse this morning and, although I had a lot of other stuff to say, this single verse says a lot to me about being completely faithful to our Lord. We need to [...]
Giants (Part 2)
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christian Life, Defeating our Giants, Intimacy with God, Jesus on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are some that say the story of Exodus in the Old Testament is, kind of, like the Spiritual journey of a Christian. That is, the coming out of Egypt is conversion, perhaps the parting of the Red Sea is baptism, the time in the wilderness represents the struggle that we have between our flesh [...]
Giants (Part 1)
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christian Life, Defeating our Giants, Intimacy with God, Jesus on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 1 Samuel 17 we have the great story of David and Goliath. Read the whole chapter! It is rich in Spiritual truths. They are literally everywhere is this story! There is one section that the Lord has had me thinking about quite a lot. It is this… 1 Samuel 17:20-24 20 Early in the [...]
Faith (Part 2)
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Christain Life, Faith, Intimacy with God, Jesus on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You are my friend if… John 15:14 (Jesus says): You are my friends if you do what I command. NIV How would you react if you had a friend come up to you and say “You are my friend if you do what I say!”? I ran this question passed my 11 year old son [...]