I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20, ESV
We war against our sinful desires, but our lives have been redeemed by Christ who dwells within us and fights for by His Holy Spirit.
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.
1 Peter 4:16, ESV
Following Christ will lead to other people mistreating, mocking, or doing worse to us. We remember that this is how they treated Jesus our Lord, so we thank God that we are joined with Him in His plan of redemption of this world.
Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
Proverbs 16:3, ESV
More than asking Him to bless our plans, committing our work to God is agreeing with what He has planned for us in this life.
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Daniel
How many of us have heard the claim from naturalists: “Science says that all of reality can be accounted for by natural explanations” ?
Besides that fact that their claim is the fallacy of reification, I’m skeptical. Actually, I’m more than skeptical; I’m an anaturalist
An anaturalist doesn’t make any positive claims; we simply lack a believe that natural forces can account for purpose, space, time, matter, logic, math, beauty, truth, induction, information, magnetism, nuclear forces, reason, stars, planets, comets, water, life, DNA code, biological sex, biological reproduction, consciousness, minds, morality, justice, hope, love, altruism or the scientific method.
Less broadly, anaturalism is a rejection of the belief that “nature-done-it”. Those who have faith that nature can generate, produce, cause-to-emerge, and substantiate foundational elements of reality can do that if they want, but let’s be honest…don’t call it science. It’s the religion of naturalism…
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2020 and 2021 seem to be back to back crazy years. It seems these days what news we read provoke readers to be angry, upset, sad, etc as see the world is getting all messed up. This isn’t just the media being negative and biased (there is that). Objectively we see in the US an increase of murder rates, violent crimes, etc. Other metrics I imagine tells us something similar. But I want to share a Good News for the Christian, that in the midst of everything, God is still working.
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Our “This Sunday” series will be another a Corona Virus edition and Things you can do on Church on Sunday in 2021. For this Sunday here’s what you can do: Encourage Someone that God is Working in 2021.
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“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.”
Isaiah 55:1-2, ESV
We should drink mightily of the water of the Holy Spirit, the fountain of Life, and eat abundantly of the Word, reading Scripture and partaking in the Son of God, all to the glory of the Father.
For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.
Psalm 139:13-14, ESV
Our God created us, so we know that from conception into death and beyond He knows us and is capable of all things to and through us by His Holy Spirit.
Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah
Psalm 24:10, ESV
We can rest in the knowledge and hope that God is our sovereign King who controls the universe and has pardoned our sins through Christ.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”
Matthew 5:7, ESV
With the difficulties of life, when we show mercy to a hurting world lashing out at each other, they can see the hope of Christ’s mercy through us.
a simple man of God 