Matthew 14:12
The disciples of John the Baptist were stunned, so they shared their grief with Jesus.
Life will bring its disappointments, and you must learn how to handle them.
Jesus will help you. {Psalm 55:21; 1 Peter 5:7}
Dedication
Even in a godless society, here and there are dedicated people who have fellowship with God.
God longs to dwell with His people [John 14L21-24], and He will if they are humble and contrite [Ps. 51:17, Isa. 66:2].
Does God “feel at home” in your heart [Eph. 3:14-21]
Neutrality
Matthew 12:43-45
Beware an empty life it is a standing invitation for Satan to go to work.
In the spiritual war being waged today, you cannot be neutral.
You ae either for Him or against Him.
Romans 5:5
“And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.”
Hope has become such a "wimpy" term in modern vocabulary. It hardly qualifies as an adequate translation of the meaning in most New Testament passages. Hope is the assurance that what we believe will happen. We could call it spiritual confidence. We have that spiritual confidence because more than just a wish, more than just an emotion, more than just a belief rests in our heart; God himself lives in us through his Holy Spirit. When we become Christians, Jesus pours out the Spirit upon us (Titus 3:3-7) as God's gift to us (Acts 2:38; Acts 5:32) to cleanse us (1 Corinthians 6:11), make us part of the same ! Body (1 Corinthians 12:12-13), and live inside us (1 Cor. 6:19-20). Paul adds one more thing to that list of blessings from God's presence within us — God's love. We don't just have it; God keeps refreshing it through the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus had promised (John 7:37-39).
[Message No: 6892]
The disciples of John the Baptist were stunned, so they shared their grief with Jesus.
Life will bring its disappointments, and you must learn how to handle them.
Jesus will help you. {Psalm 55:21; 1 Peter 5:7}
Dedication
Even in a godless society, here and there are dedicated people who have fellowship with God.
God longs to dwell with His people [John 14L21-24], and He will if they are humble and contrite [Ps. 51:17, Isa. 66:2].
Does God “feel at home” in your heart [Eph. 3:14-21]
Neutrality
Matthew 12:43-45
Beware an empty life it is a standing invitation for Satan to go to work.
In the spiritual war being waged today, you cannot be neutral.
You ae either for Him or against Him.
Romans 5:5
“And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.”
Hope has become such a "wimpy" term in modern vocabulary. It hardly qualifies as an adequate translation of the meaning in most New Testament passages. Hope is the assurance that what we believe will happen. We could call it spiritual confidence. We have that spiritual confidence because more than just a wish, more than just an emotion, more than just a belief rests in our heart; God himself lives in us through his Holy Spirit. When we become Christians, Jesus pours out the Spirit upon us (Titus 3:3-7) as God's gift to us (Acts 2:38; Acts 5:32) to cleanse us (1 Corinthians 6:11), make us part of the same ! Body (1 Corinthians 12:12-13), and live inside us (1 Cor. 6:19-20). Paul adds one more thing to that list of blessings from God's presence within us — God's love. We don't just have it; God keeps refreshing it through the Holy Spirit, just as Jesus had promised (John 7:37-39).
[Message No: 6892]
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