Today, I want you to build a connection in your head between a household chore & spiritual imperative: watering your plants & spending time with God.
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"Father, make of me a crisis man. Bring those I contact to decision. Let me not be a milepost on a single road; make me a fork..."
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When you really begin thinking about the fact that God is who He is and we are who we are, it is a miracle that He wants a relationship with us.
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When you consider just how powerful God is juxtaposed with the fact that He wants to have a relationship with you, how does that make you feel?
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If you are in Christ, you are a son or daughter of God. He looks at you with love, tenderness, kindness, and grace and wants to be close to you.
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"God loves me" can be a hard truth for me to accept. When I think about how much God loves me, I immediately think to myself, "I don't deserve it."
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The fantastic news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is that as Christians, we are a new creation in Christ. That is what our verse for today tells us.
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Jesus lists three blessed rewards for those who are persecuted for righteousness and His sake: a blessed status, a great reward, and a righteous association.
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We are never more like our Lord and the Early Church than when we are persecuted. There are so many verses in the Bible that speak to this subject.
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The persecuted are believers all through the centuries who are mistreated in big and small ways, including even martyrdom for many.
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To survive and even thrive while being hated and persecuted, we need to be "big carrot" people for God. What am I talking about? Read on to find out!
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Jesus' main emphasis in the Beatitudes is that we must die to self and live for Him. Only by this are we empowered to live the Spirit-filled life of true peace, contentment, and joy.
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When you come upon a crisis, complaint, or some other difficult situation, handle with care and prayer and no complaining; be a peacemaker!
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Dr. Martyn Lloyd Jones helped me understand the responsibilities of peacemakers, who they are, and who they are not. What are their characteristics?
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To bring about lasting peace as a peacemaker, you must first experience peace with God through Jesus Christ in salvation, and then share Him with others.
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To be at peace and then a peacemaker is a wonderful way to sojourn in this life on earth. It does take effort, and one must exert energy to do it.
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Peace is a grand concept that everyone understands and yearns for. All desire to be at peace with their Creator and to have peace within & around them.
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The pure in heart receive two things, according to Jesus in Matthew 5:8.
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Who are the pure in heart? They're not necessarily the most outwardly religious people. Jesus is not as interested in your externals as He is in your heart.
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When the pure in heart are among us, we know it, and when they depart, we feel the emptiness and vacuum of them no longer being with us.
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