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A Christian devotional dedicated to the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ
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Sunday Nov 10, 2013
#32|Prayer, pt. 2 - Praise
Sunday Nov 10, 2013
Sunday Nov 10, 2013
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
#31|Prayer, pt.1
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
Mathew 6:5-13
- God is always willing to hear your most inner thoughts and burdens.
- Prayer is the divine communion with our heavenly father.
- Prayer should be marked by sincerity and simplicity.
- We need to address to whom we are talking.
- We are praying to God so, we pray to God.
- How are you making God’s name holy whenever others are around?
- In terrifying circumstances, are you looking for a way out or are you showing people a way out?
- Do your peers see Jesus living in you?
- Before we ask God for something we need to give him some adoration.
- Talk to God sometimes, don’t just use Him as a credit card.
- Our prayers and requests need to come from our heart.
- Godly contentment is to have food in our belly and clothes on our back.
- God forgives our sins by Christ’s salvation not by our forgiveness of others.
- If we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive us from them.
- We should ask God every day to deliver us from evil and temptations.
- Prayer is the vision of the beliver
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
#30|Rock of Ages
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
- One word to describe God…..
- Our God is OUR solid rock. We are the wishy-washy ones.
- The song Rock of Ages was written in the 1700s. The man who wrote it was stranded in a storm and stood under a cliff. When he returned to the office, he penned the song remembering how he felt.
Psalms 18
- God our Father gives us salvation through his Son, Jesus Christ.
- Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.
- He is our fortress…our rock…our firm foundation. It is an inaccessible place where Satan cannot get in.
- Job was attacked by the devil but only with God’s permission. God gave specific instructions to not kill Job.
Psalms 62:1-8
2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
- Only one faith, only one God, only one way to Heaven
- Many people believe that you can get to Heaven on works. The only way to Heaven is salvation through His Son, Jesus.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.
- Our hope in God helps us with our hurt. Hope is faith looking forward.
- Jesus is our resting place. David wrote that if he had wings like a dove would I fly away and be at rest.
- The Hebrew meaning of the word expectation means connected. Psalms 62:5 reads “for my expectation is from him” meaning I am connected to him.
- When the Levi priests were carrying the Ark of the Covenant, they called on Moses and Elisha to help them cross the water. However, God told them to step into the water by faith and the water parted. That’s faith.
- We need to look forward. The hope is ahead of us and we are connected to Almighty God through Jesus Christ.
- God is trustworthy, at all times.
- “God is a refuge for us”…He is our resort…our rest.
- It’s not what we can do but what You (God) can do through us, through others around us. It’s all about God…not us. We don’t need to look inward but upward. Cry out to God for help.
- God uses the foolish things to confound the wise.
- When we invited Christ into our lives, we were connected to the Almighty God. He reached down from Heaven, pulled us out of the miry clay and placed us on the solid rock of Christ our Savior.
- Our disobedience and sin separates us from the Almighty God.
Sunday Sep 22, 2013
#29:Encouragement
Sunday Sep 22, 2013
Sunday Sep 22, 2013
Looking to Jesus for encouragement
2 Corinthians 1:3-5
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
- When trouble arises it is easy to get discouraged.
- Discouragement is dissatisfaction of the past, distaste for the present, and distrust of the future.
- Discouragement is a result of spiritual blindness.
- Discouragement is indifference to the opportunities of today.
- Its unbelief in the promise of God’s word, its unawareness of the presence of God.
- If you want to keep your discourages to a minimum, stay focused on Jesus Christ.
- All comfort comes from God.
- Comfort is received from God by faith.
- God uses his people to comfort you.
- Afflictions occur in the heart.
- When nobody suffers, nobody cares.
- Sometimes God doesn’t comfort us because he wants to turn us into comforters
Sunday Sep 08, 2013
#28:Giving Your Children Back To God
Sunday Sep 08, 2013
Sunday Sep 08, 2013
Genesis 22:2, 13, 18, 15-17
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,
16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
- Have you recognized that your child is a precious gift from God?
- We need to bring our children up in the right kind of environment and teach them about how God loves us.
- It is up to you to introduce them to God and his ways.
- We need to release ownership of our kids and leave it up to God to lead them in the way he designed.
- God has left it up to you to show them God’s way.
- God gave us this story so he could show a foreshadowing of Him giving His son away for slaughter.
- God wanted Abraham to show his faithfulness.
- God provides a ram which symbolizes that God always has a way out.
- You must have a relationship with God and teach your child to do the same.
- Because Abraham gave Isaac to God, he was blessed and he got new opportunities.
- When we fail to give our children to God we might be forfeiting God’s best plan and will for our child’s life.
- Many parents make the mistake of guiding their children away from the will of God.
There are four elements of giving your child to God.
- When you give your child to God it is saying you love God even more than you love your child.
- Your child is you most prized possession but don’t allow them to take the place of God.
- Giving your child to God is a commitment and we live in a commitment less world.
- Make sure you are right with God.
- Your child will be blessed by you obedience and cursed by your disobedience.
Sunday Aug 25, 2013
#27:Sin
Sunday Aug 25, 2013
Sunday Aug 25, 2013
Romans 3:10
10 As it is written: There is none righteous, no, not one;
- 87% of Americans believe that man is “basically good”.
- We have been a nation trying to hide the fact that we sin.
- Is man really basically good?
- All the great saints have acknowledged their sinfulness.
- The Bible on several accounts has called man sinners.
- Scriptures, Christ, and History say that man is not basically good.
- If man is basically good, why do we hear about all of these tragedies?
- Jesus died for us because he knows that we are sinners.
- We need to understand that we are not basically good. We are sinners in need of a savior.
Sunday Aug 18, 2013
#26:Born Again
Sunday Aug 18, 2013
Sunday Aug 18, 2013
John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:1-3
1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The verse was spoken to Nicodemus.
- Nicodemus was a religious man, he was a member of the Sanhedrin, he had all first five books of the Bible committed to memory.
- Jesus and John the Baptist both cried out against the Pharisees because they were hypocritical.
- Nicodemus came to Jesus at night most likely because he didn’t want the other Pharisees to see him.
What if John 3:16 were not true?
- The verse starts out “For God so loved the world”. Without God’s love we would have no hope.
- The world would be in hopelessness and despair if God hadn’t loved the world and chose to send his only son to die for us.
- The next part of that verse goes on to say that he “gave his only begotten son”.
- What is instead of sending his son, he gave us what we deserve and sent us to hell.
- If God hadn’t sent his son then we wouldn’t have been able to know and experience God’s love.
- God’s love would be empty without the Cross of Calvary.
- Real love always demands giving.
- When the verse says “whosoever” it includes everyone, not just the wealthy or the fit or any of that.
Three common scenarios
1: People trying to get to heaven through good works.
• Good works are admirable but it’s not salvation.
2: People trying to get to heaven through ceremonious things or classes.
• Baptism has nothing to do with our salvation.
3: A dying thief on one of the three Crosses of Calvary.
• On the cross in the middle is Jesus Christ, who knew no sin.
• At first both thieves made fun of Jesus but after a while one of the Thieves asked for forgiveness.
• Both thieves died but one went to hell while the other went to heaven.
Sunday Aug 11, 2013
#25:Courage
Sunday Aug 11, 2013
Sunday Aug 11, 2013
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
#24:Being Salt
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
Sunday Aug 04, 2013
- Engel and Abington case that shaped the modern nation.
Sunday Jul 21, 2013
#23:Being A Doer of God's Word
Sunday Jul 21, 2013
Sunday Jul 21, 2013
James 1:21
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
Matthew 7:21
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Psalms 139:23,24
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
James is worried that the church is just going to be for show and not try to do anything for God.
- Believers can be guilty of wearing, talking, and even singing the word but not doing it.
How do we activate ourselves to become part of the church?
- Remove the impurities in your life.
- Lay aside any overflow of wickedness.
- Receive the word of God.
- Our hearts should be as ready for God’s word as a baby is for its mother’s milk.
- We should have a positive attitude towards the bible.
- God wants to be in control of your life, and help you get rid of you sins.
- When we are accepting of the word then it is easier for God to graft it into our hearts.
- We need to recognize what God’s intention is for our life.
There are three tenses of salvation in the Bible.
- Justification- believers have been saved from the penalty of sin.
- Sanctification- believers have been saved from the power of sin
- Glorification- believers will be saved from the presence of sin
- God’s word is the agent for saving us from sin in our daily life
We need to apply God’s word to our heart to be a true active Christian.
- We need to refuse to be auditors of God’s word. Which means we don’t need to be hearers only.
- We need to be participants of the truth.
- The Bible is a book of doing.
- Can people see Christ living in you?