Posts Tagged ‘ Christ ’
saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
Luke 22:42, ESV
Jesus did not enjoy His greatest work, preferring another way. Yet, His obedience to the point of death on the cross is not only our joy but also our example of faithfulness to God and spreading the Gospel.
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8, ESV
How wonderful is our God and Savior?
How much should we share God’s love for us by showing this world He sent His Son to die for us?
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6, ESV
All roads do not lead to God. Different religions do not show different aspects of or paths to God.
Jesus is the only true way to eternal life.
And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!”
John 12:14-15, ESV
DHe entered Jerusalem on a donkey, the King arriving to make His sacrifice.
When He returns, it will be on a white horse to remove His enemies.
We celebrate His coming and warn of His return!
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
John the Baptist recognized Jesus as our sacrifice and Shepherd, our Lord and Friend.
Like John, w should proclaim the Son of God who has redeemed us from our sin, who has come and is coming again!
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.”
Jeremiah 17:7, ESV
All of our hope, peace, and strength come from God. He has given us more than enough reason to trust Him, most notably by the cross of Christ.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
James 4:7, ESV
Temptations and troubles come, but turning to God gives us the power and peace to overcome.
One thing have I asked of the Lord , that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
Psalm 27:4, ESV
Is our heart’s desire to be with God? Trials, troubles, and challenges should draw us closer to Him, for He is our only hope and strength.
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 18:2, ESV
When the troubles and temptations of this world seem great, we know that our God is greater and is helping and defending us.
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
1 John 4:4, ESV
By prayer and being in the Word, we know we are not overcome by this world and it’s lies and it’s master. Christ in us is stronger!
a simple man of God 