Power in Prayer If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you (John 15:7). Genuine disciples do more than just believe what Jesus says. They let Jesus’ words remain in them. Jesus’ words had cleansed them: you are already clean because of…
Meditating on God’s Word This book of instruction must not depart from your mouth; you are to meditate on it day and night so that you may carefully observe everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in whatever you do (Joshua 1:8). At the center of our faith, we should have the…
The Inspired, Infallible, and Inerrant Word All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16). Our primary and final safeguard against false teaching is the Word of God….
Loving Christ The one who has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father. I also will love him and will reveal myself to him (John 14:21). But believing is not simply a matter of mental assent. Being related to Jesus…
A Living Sacrifice I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service (Rom.12:1 NKJV). In the last four chapters of Romans Paul takes up the matter of our duty as children of God. He kicks this chapter off by dealing with the…
Crucified with Christ I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me (Galatians 2:20). Galatians 2:20 provides a succinct statement of the very heart of the Christian’s new condition….