“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you […]
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“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22, 23 NASB I know of very few things that are more difficult for me to accomplish than waiting. Waiting requires patience, and patience has not been a historically strong attribute
I came to give you Life, and to give it to you more abundantly.” John 10:10 People are busy. Going to and fro, working, eating, be entertained, people caught up in their daily routines. Is this life? Is this really living, what Jesus meant when He promised us “abundant life”? No, we are not even
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes s0 that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, as
I was once young, and now I’m not yet classified as old, but certainly middle-aged. Having been a believer since April 21, 1987, and alive in this earthly tent since 1957, I have experienced a thing or too. I count myself fortunate, truly blessed really, to have the great & awesome King of the Universe
“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. “ Matthew 13:45, 46 “The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was
“Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1Corinthians 6:19, 20 ” The bishop approached him and said, in
Unconditional How would it feel to have the Lord Himself call us liars? Would that not shock us, instantly bring a person to their knees? It’s hard to imagine a Father who loves us, who operates in grace and mercy, getting face to face and telling us this, but we are told plainly here, without
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the
“In the month of Kislev in the twentieth year, while I was in the citadel of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, came from Judah with some other men, and I questioned them about the Jewish remnant that had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and