Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!
Psalm 100:4, ESV
Always give thanks to God, for everything all the time, praising Him for His love and good works.
It is the fastest route to God’s heart.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:9, ESV
Do not try to do it all. Do not worry about your weaknesses and faults. Do not believe God will heal everything in this life.
God likes shaming the “wisdom” of this world for His glory through our failings. He likes showing His power through us.
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:20, ESV
Wanting to learn and become wise leads to wisdom. Even of you only have foolish friends while trying to be wise, you will suffer for their decisions. If you purposely choose foolish friends, you brought it on yourself.
Choose Christ and His Church.
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
1 John 3:16, ESV
Our highest calling in life is to build the Church to the glory of God, and that can mean sacrificing everything for the Church.
I would say to not only limit this to your local congregation. That being said, I know no one in our little church is perfect, but there are things I see in most people that point me to Christ and I want to copy in my own life.
And it is such an encouragement to each of us when it is found out that one thing is encouraging someone else to be more Christ-like.
To know we are doing something right in our own walk that others want to copy it, that is encouraging because it is evidence that Christ is making us more like Himself through His Holy Spirit to the glory of the Father.“Go and do likewise.” (Luke 10:37)
Daniel
This Sunday at Church I want to encourage you to do the following: Imitate someone as they imitate Christ.
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“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal”
Matthew 6:19, ESV
It is okay to have money and possessions, but our main focus and desire should be for heavenly things: the Lord’s righteousness, God’s glory, souls won through the Gospel.
Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
3 John 1:2, ESV
This is no prosperity gospel teaching. It is a prayer that as we pursue Christ we remain or get healthy, but not a guarantee. That only comes at the resurrection.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
1 John 4:15, ESV
You cannot be a Christian and deny the divinity and humanity of Jesus Christ, that He was sent by the Father to save us.
And, even though it is stated by Anthony in about as many words, and I know someone will want to bring it up, I remind us all that we do not claim that all of the Founding Fathers of the USA were Christian, merely that Christian principles were used to guide the foundation of this nation. Read more for the evidence of such.
(And thank you, Anthony, for compiling these.)Daniel
I don’t want to get into any arguments this Thanksgiving, believe me. I only look forward to meeting with family, eating turkey, along with every imaginable kind of casserole, then later flopping prostrate onto some flat surface to nap through the mythical effects of tryptophan and marshmallows. But just as with so many other things in this politically-correct life, there are those who want to make a case against Thanksgiving, at least the religious underpinnings it brings to the dinner table.
Like as with Christmas, there will inevitably be those who want to keep God out of Thanksgiving.
There has been so much debate over the level of influence religion (specifically Christianity) had in the founding of our great nation, the United States of America. Many have argued that our forefathers wanted nothing more than a completely secular society void of anything sacred. Others have argued that our…
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Contradiction?
Only slightly …Daniel
If you’ve spent any time listening to the criticisms of Christianity from skeptics, you very quickly hear the assertion that there are contradictions in the Bible. Not only are you told that the Bible contradicts itself (thus, they assure you, destroying the claim that it is the word of God) but you will be told that it contradicts itself HUNDREDS OF TIMES! Ask any skeptic and they will echo this claim with great confidence. However, when you ask them to show you an example, they very often will say something like, “There are SO MANY. I don’t even know where to begin!” And they will not be able to show you a single one. Without their help, you are left to dig into the scriptures yourself to find those HUNDREDS of alleged contradictions.
If you’re like a lot of Christians, you’ve probably read the Bible for many years without seeing…
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