Posts Tagged ‘ Personal Growth ’

VerseD: Hebrews 6:19-20

We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 6:19-20, ESV

We are called beyond the basic teachings of the gospel, to learn the deeper truths of God and His grace and truth. Because Christ has come to be our example and salvation, and God has promised by Himself that He has saved us and will come for us, we have a solid hope in Him. This pushes us to show love, grace, and truth to others.

VerseD: Hebrews 6:16

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation.

Hebrews 6:16, ESV

God has called us beyond the basic teachings of the gospel, and this includes knowing that God is the greatest of all. No one and nothing is beyond Him, and He has sworn by Himself that He will fulfill His promises in grace and truth. We would do well to learn as much as we can about those promises.

VerseD: Hebrews 6:13

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself

Hebrews 6:13, ESV

We are called to go beyond the basic teachings of the gospel, and this includes becoming more aware that there is no one greater than God. He has given us His love and grace, and we must live out that love and grace with the Church and the rest of the world for His glory.

VerseD: Hebrews 6:11-12

And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Hebrews 6:11-12, ESV

We are called to go beyond the initial teachings of the gospel, but we are called to remain faithful to those teachings, growing in love, grace, and truth and hoping in the promises of God.

VerseD: Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

Hebrews 6:10, ESV

We are called to go beyond the initial teachings of the gospel and to go on loving others with more of God’s grace and love, serving the Church humbly and the world in truth.

Versed: Hebrews 6:1

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 6:1-2

We are called as followers and disciples of Christ to learn more of God and His Word, to love others in this world with the love and grace of God that He first did with us.

Starting The New Year Right

There is a game called Rummikub in which the goal is to be the first to get rid of all of your tiles. When one or more players has just a couple tiles left, the race is on for the other players to jettison as many tiles as possible in the few moves that are left before the game ends. The winner is the first one to get rid of all his tiles, but those who have tiles left get penalty points that carry into the next game.

As we rapidly approach this new year, now is the time to evaluate your life before the year ends, and get rid of your baggage, emotional or otherwise, so that you can be a winner and start the new year right. If that process seems daunting, find a good Christian Counselor who can help you work through the baggage so that you can find peace, strength and wholeness.

Jesse Walker is an ordained pastor who is a Christian Counselor.

He is the founder and lead counselor of Christian Counseling Ministries in Phoenix, AZ.