Posts Tagged ‘ Immanuel ’
Why am I so depressed?
Psalm 42:11, HCSB
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
It can feel like God is distant when life is hard or evil seems to be winning, but our hope is in Christ who has promised to be with us always and is worthy of all praise.
My adversaries taunt me,
Psalm 42:10, HCSB
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?”
It can feel like God is distant, especially when others mock our faith, yet we know that God is with us by the Holy Spirit and His promise to always be with us.
I will be with you when you pass through the waters, and when you pass through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. You will not be scorched when you walk through the fire, and the flame will not burn you.
Isaiah 43:2, HCSB
God has redeemed us from death and sin, so we know that no floods, no fires of eternal torment, no wrath or punishment from God will destroy us. We await eternal life because of our resurrected Lord.
Every branch in Me that does not produce fruit He removes, and He prunes every branch that produces fruit so that it will produce more fruit.
John 15:2, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit is not merely to give eternal life, for He also both shapes and prunes us while also working through us to shape others to be more like Christ.
“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
Proverbs 9:10, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit is not merely to bring eternal life, though He brings the wisdom of Christ and helps us walk in that wisdom toward others.
Each person should do as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 9:7, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit is not merely to bring eternal life, but He also grows the sacrificial love of Christ in us to want to be generous with all we have and are.
Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus
Philippians 2:5, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit is not merely to bring eternal life but also to make us more conformed to the life, image, and mind of Christ.
He renews my life; He leads me along the right paths for His name’s sake.
Psalm 23:3, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit is not merely give us eternal life, but He draws us closer to Christ and others to Christ by empowering us to witness to others to the glory of the Father.
When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak God’s message with boldness.
Acts 4:31, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit goes beyond sealing us for eternal life, for He is within us is to proclaim the gospel boldly to others.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8, HCSB
The primary purpose of the Holy Spirit in us to not merely to save us but to also work through us to share the gospel with others.