Posts by Bob
Heaven’s Mission
To walk with Christ is to walk in love. “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you…”Ephesians 5:1-2 Obedience To The “Heavenly Vision” Acts 26:19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. What is heaven’s mission “It is to…
Read MoreLIFE IS A BATTLE
How do we stop stressing and stop living an excessively busy lifestyle? God just wants us to be about “One Thing” – HIM. God only wants the best for us, He had His Son Jesus lay down His LIFE for you and me. John 10:10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.…
Read MoreTHE ACTS 6 CHURCH
Acts 6, the newfound church had exploded into existence and discovered their first problem: they had a great deal of money! All of its members were selling their land and possessions to give to the needs of others, but some of the widows in dire circumstances were being overlooked. The Holy Spirit moved the apostles’…
Read MoreDOES ANYBODY CARE
God’s Love for us is the same yesterday, today and forever. “…you who have been borne by Me from birth, and have been carried from the womb; even to your old age, I shall be the same, and even to your graying years…I shall carry you…” Isaiah 46:3-4 Don’t lose hope. You might be hurting…
Read MoreWE ARE CHOSEN BY GOD
JOHN 17: Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began! God the Father had the plan of salvation worked out before He even created the world. *Most of…
Read MoreWALK IN THE LIGHT
The Life now in our hearts is totally pure, incorruptible and holy because it is God’s Life and not our own. “And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy…
Read MoreTHE LORD IS READY TO FORGIVE
Many believers become so overwhelmed by their failures that over time they feel trapped beyond any help. Isaiah wrote of such believers, “O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted” (Isaiah 54:11). Some eventually get mad at God. They grow tired of waiting for Him to move and they cry accusingly, “Lord, where were…
Read MoreWorthy or Worthless
I praise You because You made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What You have done is wonderful. I know this very well. You saw my bones being formed as I took shape in my mother’s body. When I was put together there, You saw my body as it was formed. All the days…
Read MoreFruit of Self-Control
Taken from John Piper: As the Hebrews were promised the land, but had to take it by force, one town at a time, so we are promised the gift of self-control, yet we also must take it by force. The very concept of “self-control” implies a battle between a divided self. It implies that our…
Read MorePRAYER HELPS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ — to the…
Read MoreThe COST OF SIN
…So that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. Romans 6:6 Christian, why would you play with sin? Has it not cost you enough already? Burnt child, will you play with the fire? What! When you have already been between the jaws of the lion, will you step a second time into his den?…
Read MoreA Vertical Focus
I wonder what those ten men, those ten grown sons of Jacob, talked about during that journey from Canaan to Egypt. I have an idea that it might have been the same things we would have talked about had we been in their sandals. I also believe these men were beginning to be broken. Perhaps…
Read MoreETERNAL LIFE
Get your mind right,then you will overcome!!! (Ro. 12:2) How Can I Have Eternal Life? Each of us faces the same dilemma. *We have a sin debt that we owe to God but no way to pay for it. *None of our solutions – living a moral life, being religious, or doing more good deeds…
Read MoreWHY GOD REFINE’S US
“For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.” – Malachi 3:2b The Lord has a specific manner of preparing His people for useful service. *God desires to turn His children from rough, hard-edged stones into gems of gold and silver. “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;…
Read MoreRENEWING THE MIND!
We must not only be “hearers” of God’s Word, but “doers” also. When God brings someone to mind, be sure to follow through with whatever He tells you to do for that person. “Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead…”James 2:17 Believer, Become What You Are Romans 12:1–2, I appeal to you…
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