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For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
Galatians 5:13, ESV
God is free to do whatever He will, yet He chose to become one of us to save us with His love and grace.
We are set free from sin in Christ, so let us follow our Lord to choose to help others.
On the holiday the USA celebrates freedom, how about a throwback to my first ever post on this blog 12.48 years ago (give or take). I took a look at the religion/relationship debate, and the implication is what our freedom in Christ means for us.
Daniel
That’s right. I love religion, and I hate religion. One of the first sayings (not the first, mind you) I learned as a young believer in Christ was “I hate religion” because “It’s a relationship!” Everyone knows that religion is a trap that constrains all who practice from truly knowing God! Everyone knows that religion […]
I Love/Hate Religion.
I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.
Psalm 77:11-12, ESV
We are horrible on our own.
Jesus is good, as He is God.
Jesus came to set the example for us, Love well, die unjustly, and raise to life again – to save us from our horribleness.
Let us love sacrificially to show God’s goodness to others.
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
Colossians 3:23-24, ESV
Jesus did everything to glorify His Father and draw others to a deeper knowledge of Him.
May we serve Christ in everything we do, and may we seek to draw others into His love and grace.
I also know and know of pastors under persecution who cherish any books that help them pastor and preach better. It reminds me of the early Church, clinging to letters from the Apostles, including some we know have been lost over 2000 years. Many books even keep us centered and away from heresy, so let us loft up our persecuted brothers and their books!
Daniel
For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Pray for the Persecuted Church’s Pastors’ library not be destroyed. This might seem like a rather peculiar prayer requests afterall there’s also things more important than books like lives, free from persecution, etc. We have covered those things as part off our Sunday prayer posts over the […]
This Sunday at Church: Pray for the Persecuted Church’s Pastors’ library not be destroyed
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”
John 1:29, ESV
Do we recognize Jesus? Can we see Him working?
May we be able to recognize Christ working on this fallen world and show Him to those in it.
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:7-8, ESV
The answer to the hatred, hubris, and hedonism of the world is to be like Christ: deny ourselves for the sake of others that they may come to know the lover of our souls, Christ.
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Isaiah 26:3, ESV
With how crazy and upsetting this life and world can be, we know we can have peace in God thanks to the death and resurrection of Jesus and the Holy Spirit who fills us.
The title of this post is a play on a group called “Church in Hard Places.” This post isn’t about the group. But the post is about being in a church where there’s not a lot of sound preaching. I love the Word of God. It always hurt to see areas where there’s churches after […]
Church in Word-Starved Places
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 7:12, ESV
Our world is crazy and painful. Christ came to redeem us from our violence and hatred through His death and resurrection.
May we let the Holy Spirit of God make us as lovingly merciful and grace-filled as our Lord.
a simple man of God 