God’s love PRECEDES our love for Him (1 John 4:10; Romans 5:8) God’s love MOTIVATES our love for Him (1 John 4:19; Romans 5:5; John 14:15) God’s love ACCOMPANIES our love for Him (John 17:26; Ephesians 3:17-19; Philippians 1:9) God’s love FOLLOWS our love for Him (John 15:10) The revelation of this first love, motivating [...]
CONTINUE READINGOften the most familiar passages are the most misunderstood. So it is with Mark 8:34-36. “If anyone would come after ME, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow ME. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save [...]
CONTINUE READINGThroughout history preachers have called people to holiness in four primary ways: 1. Portraying Sin as Repulsive – This produces shame-based obedience; The assumption here is that people can resist sin if they’re condemned about it without having an alternative to their sin presented. 2. Portraying Joyless-Obedience (‘Legalism’) as Virtuous– This produces obedience that fuels [...]
CONTINUE READINGThe Scriptures are clear that at the end of the age God will establish a global prayer movement. In fact, one of the main themes of the book of Revelation is the earthly and heavenly prayers of the saints mingling to release the end-time judgments upon the earth. The church is pictured in the book [...]
CONTINUE READINGHere are five reasons why I want to emulate King David in my life: First, David’s great obsession was to have present tense intimate communion with God. The primary way David pursued this was through studying God’s emotions and attributes. No one in Scripture wrote more about God’s emotions or attributes than David. To the [...]
CONTINUE READINGThe family of an ordinary young Jewish girl named Mary – like so many other ordinary Jewish girls at that time – had the sublime privilege of hosting Jesus for an evening. John 12, Mark 14 and Matthew 26 all record the event. The Overwhelming of Mary from Bethany At some point during the meeting, [...]
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