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Effective Work
Where there is a calling and a passion, both effective work and opposition go hand in hand. And so, I need to rejoice in the effective work, don’t let the opposition get me down, and praise God no matter what.
Work of the Lord
Most of the time, we want God to help us through the challenges and struggles we face in our lives, but those challenges and struggles have nothing to do with the kingdom of God. On the other hand, when we give ourselves fully to the work of the Lord, God will most certainly help us through every challenge and struggle we face. That’s God’s economy.
Heavenly Man
It’s not that the work of bearing the image of Christ is hard in and of itself. His yoke is easy and His burden is light (Matthew 11:30). But the image of Adam in me is constantly trying to take off the yoke of Christ.
Facing Death
We have been hypnotized by the devil with the regularity of existence. But knowing with certainty through the Holy Spirit that Jesus could return at any moment ought to make us pause and think about the purpose of our lives.
Of First Importance
The fact that there are different interpretations on all kinds of matters in the Bible begs the question: what is the main thing, then? The Apostle Paul tells us what the main thing is: Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and Him crucified, resurrected, and returning. Faith in Christ draws us into the law of Christ: loving God and loving others, as ourselves.
The First Vote
The bottom line is that Paul is not restricting women from talking in church services, nor is he restricting women from teaching men. Paul is concerned about fostering peace between husbands and wives for the sake of their marriage and for the sake of Christian witness.
Bored Faith
We formulate and develop experiences to help us draw closer to God, but the great irony is that great experiences may actually draw us further away from God, because God is not in the experience. God is God. And God is Spirit. And we encounter God spirit to Spirit in loving fellowship and relationship, regardless of the “sphere” that we devise for the “experience.”
Way of Love
The way of love edifies the church. There is nothing wrong with edifying oneself to draw close to God. But edifying others is better, more mature, more spiritual.
As Myself
The command to love does not really apply to those we easily connect with. That would be like a command to breathe. No. The command to love applies when we are faced with people we do not easily connect with. … Why? Because it is on the basis of such love that we build up the church of Jesus Christ according to the word of God and by the power of the Holy Spirit.