Do you know that you are sufficient in Christ? That you have all you need to face anything in life? His grace is sufficient for us. It is enough. It is abundant, more than enough. Sufficient. Paul’s Sufficiency Apostle Paul dealt with an ongoing troubling problem and asked God to remove it. Did he claim it by faith to be gone? No. Did he search out scripture references to demand it be gone? No. He asked God, and God said,…
Monday morning faith when life gets real, our relationship with Jesus Christ can guide us and provide all we need to meet the demands of life. It does not need to stay in the church, nor be confined to Sunday. It is for every day, every minute. It is a living, close relationship with our God through His Son, Jesus Christ. When that alarm rings, we can know God will supply all we need for life and godliness. Do you…
Allowing default requires no effort on our part. Choice requires thought and purpose. Choose to allow Christ to live through you. Don’t let your default setting, your old nature, rule your life. It may lead you away from your savior. When we choose not to choose our choice is made by default. As believers, our natural self is constantly warring against the life of God in our spirit. If we make no choice – we choose. Natural self by default wins….
Are we religious reformers? Trying to make ourselves better. The Bible says we must be kind loving, forgiving, etc. So we determine to get it right. Grabbing our emotions with a concentrated effort we attempt to remake ourselves. Martin Luther knew salvation was by faith and not be anything we could do. And spiritual growth was by faith not by natural efforts. Promises are followed by a slip-up. We tell ourselves it wasn’t too terrible, and we’ll do better tomorrow….
Branch believers think independently of the vine. Jesus said in John chapter 15, “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” Individually and corporately believers are part of the vine that is Jesus. As individuals, we make a decision to abide in Christ. This affects the whole body of believers for we are all part of the same vine. We all make…
The few, the humble, the poor…that sounds the opposite of a goal-driven, successful life, does it not? Why would we want to be one of the few, the humble, the poor? Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:3 God, I need You. I am poor in spirit. Can you say that with me? Or are you doing alright on your own? Why do we have to be poor to receive…
Supernatural World God exists in a supernatural world with supernatural power and supernatural sense. We live in a natural world with limited power and common sense. It can be difficult to imagine or believe in the supernatural. We try to do better, be better when what we need is a fresh start, a new life. A supernatural life. We might find it within our abilities to worship God. That is because God placed within us the need to worship a…
Ordinary life Do you long for something that would change your normal Christian life into an extraordinary ordinary life? We want to be used by God doing something special, but when do we have the time, right? We are busy just living, getting through each day with all of its demands, activities, and schedules. Most of our lives are very ordinary, don’t you think? Even well-known personalities have ordinary lives. Doing common activities like eating, cleaning the house, shopping, going…
The Holy Spirit was sent to empower us to live a godly life. He has all we need for He brings it to us from the Father and the Son for our Monday mornings and every day. All We Need By His life in us, His Spirit in us, He has provided all we need to live rightly. It is His very life in us meeting all the requirements of life. Anything God asks of us He provides the means…
Do you have an exciting Christian walk, or does your Christian life feel empty, dull, and boring? Do you feel like Jesus, your shepherd, is far away and disconnected? Would you like to be one of His inner circle? Who belonged to His inner circle when He was on earth? His disciples, right? He had many followers, but few disciples. Many people followed Him when He performed miracles and healed their sick. However, when He started talking about going to the…
