Posts Tagged ‘ Christ ’
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”
Matthew 6:25, ESV
Our desires should not be for the things of this world but the goodness and glory of God. When others see us at peace in a crazy world and content with what we have, they will desire that contentment and peace. They will want the God we carry.
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
John 15:2 ESV
Do people see Jesus in us, or do they see the same thing as what the works looks like?
Does God see the change?
Ask God to make you like Jesus. There are consequences and rewards either way.
“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
When the world sees our lack of interest in material needs, they will wonder what intrigues us so much about Jesus.
We can have peace even when we lose everything or the economy is bad or the government is corrupt, and they will see.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverb 18:21, ESV
God spoke to create us.
The Word came to save us.
Let us choose to share the words of life with the world rather than to bite and hurt each other with our words.
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10, ESV
Our God holds us and defends us, and others will see the peace and faith we have in Him and want it for themselves.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7, ESV
Love is a choice and a lifestyle, and it should be unconditional in application even though it may be conditional in allowance.
Love helps to grow, but it cannot be forced from another.
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus
1 Timothy 2:5, ESV
With all of our sin and rebellion, there is only one we can trust to save us – Jesus – who stands with the Father. May we proclaim this truth boldly to a world lost in sin and rebellion.
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
Romans 8:26, ESV
This world and it’s problems and attacks can overwhelm is, but we have an Advocate and Helper who helps us pray and persevere, to have answers against the attacks and hope in any problem.
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4, ESV
Delighting in God means we want Him and what He wants, and He wants the world to come to know Him.
May we seek Him and to make Him known.
“no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, declares the Lord.”
Isaiah 54:17, ESV
We have the Word of God on our side. People may reject it, but it is the truth. Even if they kill us like our Lord for this truth, we shall likewise rise with Him for eternity!
a simple man of God 