Posts from August 2019

Posts from August 2019

How Do I Love?

John 15:9 —9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.  Stop and think deeply about what Jesus is saying to us right here. The Father and Son have existed eternally with perfect love for each other. There were never any ulterior motives, never any selfishness or self-seeking in their relationship with each other. There was never any hurt…

Reason for Assurance

Hebrews 9:13-14—13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.  D.A. Carson…

Always rejoicing, praying, and thanking

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Rejoicing, praying, and being thankful to God; Paul tells us that this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for us. How are we doing in this? These aren’t natural things that you can just conjure…