“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah.”
Jeremiah 33:14, ESV
God has given us peace through Christ by revealing His love through the cross, and we can have peace knowing He is faithful to keep His promises. Trust in our faithful God.
A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.“
Isaiah 40:3, ESV
God has given us peace through Christ by revealing His love through the cross, and it was proof of the prophecies from hundreds of years earlier, even of John the Baptist, showing God’s faithfulness. Our peace comes in knowing His sovereignty and omniscience.
I noticed that today is 12/12/24, and that made me think of the 24 elders around the throne in John’s vision from Jesus.
So, I want to call today Revelation 4 Day as a day to remember that God is sovereign and we will all bow down before Him.
(That should be everyday!)
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
God has given us peace through Christ by revealing His love through the cross, and we share that peace and love by doing the same in His name for others to see His love and find that peace.
This could be a helpful series for anyone who would like information about congregational churches.
Daniel
I am finished with this series on the blog on answering objections to congregational authority. Before reading this series check out my “Biblical Support for Church Congregational Authority: Table of Contents.” So here are the table of contents of answering objections to congregational authority:
Objections to Congregational Authority Series Table of Contents
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
John 13:34, ESV
God has given us peace through Christ by revealing His love through the cross, and now we carry that peace by loving His Church with the same sacrificial love He showed us.
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
Matthew 22:37, ESV
God has given us peace through Christ by revealing His love through the cross, so we find this peace when we love God with our whole being.
For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure. The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.
John 3:34-35, ESV
God has given us peace through Christ, and they send the Holy Spirit to guide us to believe in Christ and have this peace overflowing.
Our church sent one of our pastors to a small struggling church four years ago this month. What started as a church with 3-10 weekly attenders in an area with many ex-cons and struggling individuals, a food bank that fed a few dozen each week, has now become a church with several dozen weekly attenders feeding several dozen more at the food bank.
But Pastor Paul is beginning to feel his own years creeping up on him. This small country church needs a new shepherd, so our prayer has shifted slightly.
Let us lift up all such churches and those with other issues that need resolving.
Daniel
This Sunday at Church: Pray for a struggling church near you.
This Sunday at Church: Pray for a struggling church near you
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8, ESV
God has given us His peace through Christ, restoring the relationship lost in the Garden, because He loves us.
a simple man of God 