TEMPTATION “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him” James 1:12 Temptation is neither a sin nor a sign of carnality. It is the everyday reality for all men. The issue is not [...]
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TEMPTATION
Posted in Faith and Works, He is Able!, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged By Faith made Strong, faith, Faith in the Power of God, Fight of Faith, God's Faithfulness, Growing Faith, Kingdom of God, Law of the Spirit of Life, Living by Faith, Overcoming, Overcoming Life, Overcoming the Obstacles, Real Faith, Righteousness, salvation, The Assurance of Faith, The Battle of Faith, The Journey of Faith, The Way of Truth, Victory in Jesus, Victory of Faith, Walk by Faith on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES
Posted in Faith and Works, He is Able!, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Kingdom of God, tagged be vigilant, Body of Christ, faith, first love, Fresh Faith, Growing in Jesus, Growth in Christ, Heart of a Priest, JESUS, Kingdom of God, obedience, Overcoming, Overcoming Life, Overcoming the Obstacles, Relationship, Righteousness, The Way of Truth, truth, Unity, Victory, Victory in Jesus, Victory of Faith on April 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
TO HIM THAT OVERCOMES “He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son” REVELATION 21:7 Throughout the New Testament we read much about faith and confession yet here in the Last Book of the Bible we read more about overcoming; we read of being called, [...]
BY FAITH – PART FOUR -
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Simplicity of Faith, The Kingdom of God, tagged All for Him, Body of Christ, faith, Faithfulness, Fresh Faith, Growing in Jesus, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, obedience, power, Relationship, salvation, The Way of Truth, trust on March 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
BY FAITH PART FOUR “By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous and through it he being dead still speaks” HEBREWS 11:4 Since FAITH is the evidence of things not seen we must embrace that the expressions and works it produces in [...]
BY FAITH ~ PART TWO ~
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Home, The Kingdom of God, The Priesthood, tagged All for Him, By Faith, Ever Growing Faith, faith, Faithfulness, Fresh Faith, Growing Faith, Growing in Jesus, Jesus Christ, Pleasing God, Relationship, Righteousness, Service unto the Lord, The Way of Truth, trust, works on February 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
BY FAITH PART TWO “For by it (Faith) the elders obtained a good testimony*” HEBREWS 11:2 Faith is the only means by which men can please God. Faith is the “essentia” of man’s witness unto God and the only expression which garners God’s approval. Through faith these men and women of old OBTAINED a worthy [...]
BY FAITH ~ Part One ~
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Kingdom of God, tagged faith, Fresh Faith, Jesus Christ, Living by Faith, Real Faith, REAL RIGHTEOUSNESS, Reality, The Way of Truth, The Word of God, truth, works on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
BY FAITH PART ONE “By faith we understand…” HEBREWS 11:3 Faith is the means by which we see and understand the purposes of God. For faith IS the substance of the thing hoped for. It is the deposit of that which is not seen. In order for us to see these things FAITH becomes not [...]
SUCH LOVE
Posted in Faith and Works, LOVE, Our New Nature, Our Relationship with God, Simplicity of Faith, The Kingdom of God, tagged All for Him, first love, Kingdom of God, Law of the Spirit of Life, Mercy, Relationship, The Love of God, The Way of Truth on February 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
SUCH LOVE “Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren” HEBREWS 2:17 Love always seeks to identify with the object of its desire. We read here of the astounding truth that there was a necessity within the heart of the SON to be made like unto us! There was [...]
ARISE & RETURN
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Struggle, Overcoming, Simplicity of Faith, The Kingdom of God, tagged All for Him, faith, first love, Fresh Faith, friendship with God, God's Mercy, Grace, Growing in Jesus, His Faithfulness, Kingdom of God, obedience, Perserverance of Faith, Relationship, Repentance, Return to the Lord, The Journey of Faith, The Way of Truth, Times of Refreshing, trust on February 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
ARISE & RETURN “I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred!” GENESIS 31:13 In our journey with God there are times that we need His mercy to intervene [...]
PSALM 23 – CONCLUSION – CONFIDENCE & REST – PART 23
Posted in Our Identity, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Our Service, Overcoming, PSALM 23, Simplicity of Faith, The Kingdom of God, tagged Confidence & Rest, faith, Grace, Green Pastures, HE is Our Peace, Jesus Christ, Jesus the Good Shepherd, Our Great Shepherd, Our Resting Place, Peace, Psalm 23, Relationship, Still Waters, The LORD is MY Shepherd, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, trust on January 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
PSALM 23 PART TWENTY-THREE CONCLUSION CONFIDENCE AND REST “…and I will dwell* in the house of the LORD for ever.” PSALM 23:5 The Hebrew word translated here for “dwell” comes from the primary root Hebrew word to “sit” (*see below). It speaks of a rest and a posture of confidence and comfort. David in his [...]
CURIOSITY
Posted in Faith and Works, Our New Nature, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Kingdom of God, tagged A Seeking Heart, Cross Bearing, Growing in Jesus, Jesus the Truth, Religion vrs Truth, The Pursuit of God, The Way of Life, The Way of Truth, Today's Truth, truth on January 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
CURIOSITY “…the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto [...]
ETERNAL LIFE
Posted in Faith and Works, Our Identity, Our New Nature, Our Relationship with God, Our Salvation, Simplicity of Faith, The Church, The Kingdom of God, tagged Childlike Faith, Eternal Life, faith, He is our Salvation, Jesus Christ, Reality, Relationship, salvation, The True Christian on January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
ETERNAL LIFE THE SON “…this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son” I JOHN 5:11 Eternal Life cannot be separated from the Son. HE is eternal life. His LIFE in us is Eternal life. While much of the Christian Church has succumbed to religious [...]