In the nineth chapter of the Book of Joshua (verses below), Joshua and the assembly leaders of Israel get themselves into a big pickle. In short, the Gibeonites have used all sorts of tricks to deceive Joshua and the men of Israel into making a peace treaty with them even though they are their neighbours. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Repentance’
The Enemy is Living in the Camp – Joshua Chapter 9
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Deception, Fullness of Christ, Fullness of Life, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Real Life, Repentance, Salvation, The Enemy is Living in the Camp, True Life on December 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
And God put ENMITY between them…
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Christian Life, Confidence, Crushed, Enmity, Faith, Freedom, Fullness of Life, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Repentance, Salvation, Satan, The Cross, The devil, The Serpent, True Life, Victory, Wake up on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This clip comes from ‘The Passion’ movie. It’s poetic license at it’s best as Jesus has ‘crushed the head of the serpent’ at and through the cross, not here at Gethsemene (and not a real snake). However, for me at least, it is a powerful visual of what Jesus’ death and resurrection has achieved in [...]
Being You! (and the stumbling block of a ‘warped humility’)
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Confidence, Courage, Deceiving Ourselves, Faith, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Life and More Life, Real Life, Repentance, True Life, Wake up on July 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Would it be possible you are not ‘stepping up to the plate’, to be everything God intended you to be, because you have some warped idea of what humility is? Let me try and explain. Humility in the Bible is often mentioned in the context of repentance and being a servant of the Lord. It [...]
The Reason
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Courage, Fullness of Christ, Fullness of Life, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Real Life, Repentance, Salvation, Sin, True Life, Wake up on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is kind of powerful – The Reason by Hoobastank with clips from The Passion. (Warning – very graphic) Isa 53:1-11 (Prophecy dated at 700BC) 1 Who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm? 2 My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence like a tender green shoot, like [...]
“Elijah was a man just like us”
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Fullness of Christ, Fullness of Life, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Life and More Life, Oneness, Real Life, Repentance, Revival, True Life, Wake up on June 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Have you ever really considered the challenge and the freedom of this verse? James 5:17-18 17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 18 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and [...]
God is Good!
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Fullness of Christ, Fullness of Life, God is good, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Real Life, Repentance, Salvation, True Life, Wake up on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a basic and essential truth that each one of us needs to ALWAYS hold on to with all of our being… “GOD IS GOOD!” Since the beginning of time, Satan and his cohorts and this corrupt and broken world have relentlessly and tirelessly tried to get mankind to believe the lie that “God [...]
It is for FREEDOM that Christ has set us Free!
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Freedom, Fullness of Christ, Fullness of Life, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Real Life, Repentance, Salvation, True Life, Wake up on May 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Galation 5:1 says this; It is for FREEDOM that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. [Gal 5:1] What an amazing truth! Why has Christ set us free? The answer is right here in this verse; “It is for freedom that [...]
Coming to an Understanding of God’s Grace and Truth
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Fullness of Christ, Fullness of Life, Grace, Jesus, Knowing God, Real Life, Repentance, Revelation, Salvation, True Life, Truth, Understanding, Wake up on April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the church in Colossae he writes in Col 1:6: “All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth.” The gospel is bearing fruit and growing [...]
Are we loosing our way?
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Fullness of Christ, Fullness of Life, Intimacy with God, Jesus, Knowing God, Prayer, Real Life, Repentance, Revival, Salvation, Sin, True Life on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
An Interview with Leonard Ravenhill
Psalm 143 – Hope and Relief for the Soul
Posted in Christian, Christianity, tagged Alive in Christ, Being Fully Alive, Christian Life, Courage, Faith, Fullness of Christ, Fullness of Life, Jesus, Knowing God, Repentance, True Life, Worship on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Psalms 143 143:1 A psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief. 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you. 3 The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he [...]