Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. –1 John 3:21-22 ask because Beloved commandments condemn confidence do God heart [...]

NR Ephesians 5:19-21 [Speak] to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord, giving thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, submitting to one another in the fear of God.   Whatever! --It sounds like I'm copping an attitude…

WHEREVER you are, wherever you go, you are miserable unless you turn to God.

Guilt is concerned with the past. Worry is concerned about the future. Contentment enjoys the present. — Author Unknown

2 Chronicles 30:18 Nehemiah 9:17 Psalm 25:11 Isaiah 55:7

Amo 3:1 Hear this Word that Jehovah has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against all the family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: Amo 3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth. On account of this, I will punish you for all your iniquities. Amo 3:3 Will two walk together…

By Jonathan Parnell | Oct 27, 2011 05:00 pm God, Manhood and Ministry - Building men for the body of Christ We reflect on five lessons we learned from our father on how to speak so that your children take your words seriously: Don't waste words. Don't add a lot of apologies or unnecessary detail that make you look timid.…

Wrath Upon the Wicked to the Uttermost by Jonathan Edwards, 1735 To fill up their sins always; for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. -- 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Subject: When those that continue in sin have filled up the measure  of their sins, then wrath will come upon them to the uttermost. In verse 14, the apostle…

"Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands."                -- Isaiah 49:16 No doubt a part of the wonder which is concentrated in the word"Behold," is excited by the unbelieving lamentation of the precedingsentence. Zion said, "The Lord hath forsaken me, and my God hathforgotten me." How amazed the divine mind seems to be at this wickedunbelief!…

"I am crucified with Christ." -- Galatians 2:20 The Lord Jesus Christ acted in what he did as a great public representative person, and his dying upon the cross was the virtual dying of all his people. Then all his saints rendered unto justice what was due, and made an expiation to divine vengeance for all their sins. The apostle…

By Jonathan Parnell | Oct 06, 2011 01:30 am Titus 3:4-6 ? But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly…

For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. -- 1 Corinthians 2:2

"Get thee up into the high mountain."                -- Isaiah 40:9 Each believer should be thirsting for God, for the living God, andlonging to climb the hill of the Lord, and see him face to face. Weought not to rest content in the mists of the valley when the summit ofTabor awaits us. My soul thirsteth to drink deep of…

God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to. -- Elisabeth Elliot

Gen 41:1 And it happened at the end of two years of days, Pharaoh was dreaming. And, lo, he was standing by the River. Gen 41:2 And, behold! Seven cows were going up from the River, beautiful of appearance and fat of flesh; and they were feeding in the reeds. Gen 41:3 And, behold, seven other cows were going up…

Lord, what shall this man do? . . What is that to thee? Follow thou Me. — John 21:21,2 One of our severest lessons comes from the stubborn refusal to see that we must not interfere in other people’s lives. It takes a long time to realize the [...]

April 18, 2010 | by John Piper | Scripture: Psalms 79 | Topic: The Love of God I have two goals in this message. They both relate directly to Bethlehem, and they both feel pretty big to me. One goal is to clarify (or some might say rectify) something I have said for many years about God?s love for us.…

A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly troubles. -- B. B. Warfield

Mary's thanksgiving: Luke 1:46-55 Zechariah's prayer: Luke 1:68-79 Simeon's prayer: Luke 2:29-35 Prayers of the Pharisee and the tax collector: Luke 18:10-13 The church's prayer in the face of threats: Acts 4:24-30 Stephen's prayer at his death: Acts 7:59-60 Peter's thanksgiving: 1 Peter 1:3-5 John's prayer for Gaius: 3 John 1:2

     Have I been so long with you, and yet hast thou not      known Me?      -- John 14:9 These words are not spoken as a rebuke, nor even with surprise; Jesus is leading Philip on. The last One with whom we get intimate is Jesus. Before Pentecost the disciples knew Jesus as the One Who gave them power…

NR Listening to the Voice of God 6 distinguishing marks of divine discourse. Roger Barrier "Over the years," writes pastor Roger Barrier, "I have developed a checklist to help me distinguish when God is speaking to me. It is not complete or foolproof. No one point, of course, is sufficient in itself to prove or disprove the voice of God.…

Any system without a center of truth denies itself.

Hold On To His Promises His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature. --…

"In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart." -- John Bunyan

Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. — Romans 13:7 everyone give Him honor pay respect revenue taxes what you owe you>>> We've Moved This Discussion To [...]

STORY BEHIND The Original Do, Re, Mi Julie Andrews made it popular, but the real musical genius behind this singing aid was a medieval monk. by David Neff from Issue 93: St. Benedict and the Rise of Western Monasticism [The Original Do, Re, Mi] When the irrepressible nun-turned-nanny Maria taught the Von Trapp children to sing, she began with "Doe,…

Double Predestination R. C. Sproul "A horrible decree ...." "Most ruthless statement. . . ." "A terrible theological theory. . . ." "An illegitimate inference of logic. . ." These and other similar epithets have been used frequently to articulate displeasure and revulsion at the Reformed doctrine of double predestination. Particularly abhorrent to many is the notion that God would…

“The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?” — Psalms 27:1 “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” [...]

English Standard Version 6For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground. 7Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. -- Job 5:6-7

Rev 15:2 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mingled with fire--and also those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name, standing beside the sea of glass with harps of God in their hands. Rev 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the…