"We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison." 2 Corinthians 4:16-17. Not just preceding but “preparing.”
Let's pray consistently, fervently and specifically for pastors around the world as they prepare their Christmas sermons. If a non-believer is going to visit a church, it's probably going to be at Christmas. Let's pray for a harvest as never before!
Jesus’s teaching consistently attracted the irreligious while offending the Bible-believing religious people of His day. However-our churches do not have this same effect which can only mean one thing. Our preaching and practices are not declaring the same message that Jesus did.
You know that situation where you’re looking out for viable advises but nothing seems to set in your heart? How about when you had too many people tell you what you should do, and their advises made you more clueless instead?
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
You were made in His image, in His likeness. Knowing God who cares for me, He transformed my heart to find joy in Him, and made me seek out my life purpose.
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“I will give them a heart to know that I am the Lord. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. For they shall return to me with their whole heart.” (Jeremiah 24:7)
It's at the turning point of my life, that I found such truth in this verse, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Psalm 119:105).
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By God's grace we have been given a heart to know Him. May our relationship with God be marked not by religious duty, but by delighting in Him. #praytheword https://t.co/IDdyiRrDe2