... that God wants you to give him, by submitting to his leadership, you bring glory to God and God promises he will bless your submission. John Maxwell was right when he said, "If you want to know whether or not you are leading, just look behind you and see if ... to this verse that, quite frankly, makes the whole point kind of a slam-dunk. "As is fitting in the Lord." (Colossians 3:18, NASB) That word "fitting" literally means "what is proper" or "what is right." Ladies, if you want to know how to maximize ...
... God will give only good things to those who ask. Let us open ourselves during this Lenten journey, as did Albert Schweitzer, to the possibilities of God. Let us place our lives totally in the hands of God. Friday Week OneEzekiel 18:21-28Matthew 5:20-26 Return To The Lord The name of John Newton is probably not familiar to many, even those in the world of music. But the one song with which he is associated through its composition, "Amazing Grace," has in many ways immortalized him. The song and its words are ...
... not lovable to others, who loves us perfectly in word and speech and in truth and action. May the power of his resurrection lead us into his kind of life, as we join in his habit of saving others. In his name we pray. Amen. Discussion Questions Text: 1 John 3:18 1. What immediate responses do you have to the story? 2. If you could have a conversation with one of the characters in this story which would you speak with and what would you ask or say? 3. Do you identify with any character in the story? 4. When ...
... but certainly after the time that Christianity had become largely a movement beyond Judaism. So the interpretation attributed to Jesus in verses 18-23 focuses on each little detail not of the seed but of the soil! And you've heard sermons like that, ... important ways. The image of the word as a seed already hints at this. The seed must be buried and die before it can bear fruit. (Compare John 12:23-26 as well as Matthew 10:37-39 and 16:24-26.) This figure describes both Christ as God's word and the resulting ...
... he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor ... to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord (Luke 4:18, 19)." When he had finished reading, he gave the scroll to an attendant and boldly announced, "This day this Scripture has been ... God." That just about covers everything, doesn't it? Everything is directed toward victory! Even in dying, the Christian is triumphant for, as we read in John 14:2f, "In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go and prepare a ...
... grain offerings, I will not accept them. Let justice roll on like a river and righteousness like a never failing stream (Amos 5:18-24).” The people thought that because they were God’s people they were favored and privileged and no harm would come to them ... kind of people. Jesus said so in the gospel of John. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that if anyone believes in him, they will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).” The New English translates the text, “… that ...
... . 4, (Washington, D.C., July-August, 1980), pp. 45-46. 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid. 6. Andre Parrot, The Temple of Jerusalem, (London SCM, Press Ltd., 1957), p. 86. 7. John W. Doberstein, "Introduction," Life Together, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John W. Doberstein, translator, (New York, Harper and Row, Publishers, 1954), p. 18. 8. "The Affirmation of Baptism," The Lutheran Book of Worship, (Minneapolis, Augsburg/Fortress Publishing House, 1978), p. 199. 9. William Barclay, The Ten Commandments for Today, (New York, Harper ...
... path ahead. A few days before that departure (by now we were husband, wife, and three children) I stumbled onto these words in John Doberstein's Ministers' Prayer Book, words I have reread many times since - written by the father of a young clergyman at the beginning ... one with its energy, its diversity, museums, libraries, concert halls, subway trains, and historic memories and bustling harbor. That 18-month stay changed me in some ways that I like. The Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church had had but three ...
... milk and honey." If there is a crying need in our world today it is the need to overcome loneliness. Several years ago John Lennon and Paul McCartney sang a song entitled "Eleanor Rigby." The song, which places emphasis on all the lonely people in life, ... Kindgom of Heaven. The Kingdom of Heaven is a place for people who have the ability to forgive and forget. According to the parable (Matthew 18:23-35) a man owed the king 10,000 talents, roughly $1,000. He went in to the king, fell on his knees, and begged ...
... car skidded off the road in a snowstorm in Sierra National Forest? Jean and Ken Chaney lived for the next 18 days in that car before they died. They kept a diary. What a testament of faith it is. On the 18th day Jean Chaney wrote ... kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. But nobody is any earthly good until he or she is sure of eternity. Listen to what our founder John Wesley thought about eternity: "I have thought I am a creature of a day, passing through life as an arrow through the air. I am a spirit come ...
... As he went he cried, ‘O my son, my son, Absalom, Absalom, my son, if only I had died in your place, my son’ " (2 Samuel 18:33, TEV). When a child buries his parent, he is burying the past. But, when a parent buries his child, he is burying the future. As we ... in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you" (John 14:1-2, NKJV). The imagery which Christ used in these words comes from the travel arrangements in the first century. Along the roads ...
... of man must be lifted up" just as "Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness," because the scene ends at that point. John takes over with his commentary, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should ... the confines of a prison or a death chamber isolated from public view. A recent headline read: "He bled to death behind unlocked gate."18 It introduced the story of a man who bled to death after nearly severing his arm on a broken window in an apparent attempt ...
... you show us for doing this?" Jesus answered, "Destroy this temple, and in three days, I will raise it up." As is often the case in John's gospel, Jesus' reply is not understood. They think Jesus is speaking of the Temple, while he is actually speaking of himself. In shock and ... 1. I REMEMBER. Dan Rather. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991, p. 43. 2. Paul Harvey, "For What It's Worth," July 18, 1979, p. 73. Contributed by Wayne Rouse. 3. USA TODAY, May 1993, p. 4. 4. A LIFE THAT BECOMES THE GOSPEL. Thomas ...
... I shall never go home until I can go home somebody." And he did go home somebodybut not where it counted the most. Only 18 years of age this young Italian immigrated to America and changed his name. At first he worked as a gardener and cabaret dancer before ... came from the Father, full of grace and truth." (1:14) And after the wedding where Jesus turned the water to wine, John writes, "This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee. HE THUS REVEALED HIS GLORY, and his disciples ...
... promise, "Today you will be with me in Paradise." We saw Jesus commit the care of His mother, Mary, to his closest friend John. Then we heard that powerful cry from the cross, "My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken Me." The words, "I thirst," were examined ... which Jesus was crucified, were sold for more than $18,000 in a crowded auction. The bidding started at $1,858 and was completed just 90 seconds later when a woman in the front row offered $18,587. Accompanying the two slivers of wood were two ...
... , and the work is begun: forgive and it is finished. He is below himself that is not above injury." Let's take John Oxenham's advice to heart: Love ever gives Forgives -- outlives, And ever stands With open hands. And, while it lives, It gives. For ... another bid, and the auctioneer's gavel came crashing down. The painting was sold to the household servant for ten pounds (about $18). Anticipation filled the room, as everyone looked forward to the real business of bidding for the art treasures from the estate. ...
... fiancee married another man. (1) Long before C. S. Lewis published his popular children’s story, Chronicles of Narnia, John Bunyan wrote a spiritual allegory, which he called Pilgrim’s Progress. In Bunyan’s work, Christian is walking ... cross on which Jesus was crucified, were sold for more than $18,000 in an auction in Paris. The bidding started at $1,858 and was completed ninety seconds later. A woman in the front row offered $18,587. Accompanying the two slivers of wood were two certificates from ...
... without sin.2. There is the recreation of the image of God in the life of the believer. This is the reason John Wesley talked about grace impinging upon us and working in three specific ways: prevenient grace, justifying grace, sanctifying grace. Prevenient grace ... and death. Paul was consistent in his affirmation. Do you remember his ringing word to the Corinthians -- II Corinthians 4: 16 - 18. "So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed every day. ...
... the stone wall, and flung themselves upon their former enemies ... not in mortal combat, but re-united in brother love and affection."18 That is what God wants among his people, and that is the only hope of this world. The miracle is that it can ... the peacemakers,” said Jesus, “they shall be known as God’s kids; they bear the family likeness.” A defining moment in John Grisham's journey came several years after graduating from law at Mississippi State. One of his classmates told Grisham he was ...
... old whiz kid who commits ten verses a week to memory doesn't comprehend all the theological significance of the startling message in John 3:16; or the depth of the love that's extolled in 1 Corinthians 13; or the miraculous salvation spelled out in ... 14. "Take This Job and Shove It" 15. "Great Balls of Fire" 16. "When You Wish Upon a Star" 17. "Got a Whale of a Tale" 18. "Up, Up and Away" 19. "Stayin' Alive" 20. "Crazy" Answers: 1) Noah; 2) Adam and Eve; 3) Lazarus; 4) Esther; 5) Job; 6) Moses; 7) Jezebel; ...
... power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.” And Paul in Romans 10:13 gives this testimony: “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved!” In Matthew 18:20 we read, “Wherever two or more are gathered in my name . . .” We are gathered here today in his name. In John 14:13‑14 we read, “And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” We ...
... You and I know about that business with the rooster, don’t we? The story’s told in chapter 13 of John’s Gospel and again in chapter 18. Simon Peter hears a rooster crow and he remembers Christ’s words, “I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows ... Jesus Christ than Simon Peter. It was he of whom the Master said, “On this rock will I build my church . . .” (Mt. 16:18) Yet it was he who denied the Master. This night and the week that followed would change Simon Peter forever. I wonder if Simon ...
... Education, United States Department of Education by the National Commission on Excellence and Education (Washington, D. C.: U. S. Department of Education, 1983), p. 5. 16 John W. Whitehead, "Freedom in the Public Schools: Standing Against the Tide of Secularism," Fundamentalist Journal, September 1985, p. 17. 17 Cal Thomas, The Things that Matter Most, p. 56. 18 Zig Ziglar, Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World, p. 47. 19 William J. Bennett, The Devaluing of America, p. 166. 20 William Kilpatrick, Why ...
... was named the USA Today Baseball Player of the Year. By all accounts, he has a tremendous future ahead of him. This 18 year old phenom signed with the San Diego Padres right out of high school for a $1.3 million bonus. He has ... assurance anyone has, or anyone needs that they are going to heaven, is the Word of God. One of the all-time Christian classics is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Every Christian should read that great novel. If you've read it, you remember that Christian and Hopeful fall asleep ...
... My thoughts than your thoughts." You see it is not that God is illogical, rather God is beyond logic. The great Methodist preacher, John Wesley, once said: "Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I will bring you a man that can comprehend ... by the Holy Spirit. For only when "the Spirit of truth has come, will He guide you into all truth." (Jn. 16:13) Eph. 2:18 not only is a great Trinitarian verse. But it summarizes why all of this is important. "For through Him we both have access by one ...