What a Father we have! The basis of His judgment, who can fathom except He reveals it!
What a Father we have! The basis of His judgment, who can fathom except He reveals it!
Are you able to yield to the purpose of instructions He gives, opening you to the understanding of His will, where obedience means inconvenience, disenfranchisement, pain and insult?
Apostle John elaborated in 1John 4:5 on those who are of the world, taking the cue from John 17:16. They speak the language that’s in sync with the world’s familiar and accepted norms.
Matthew 13:44 is about divesting yourself of what is less valuable in order to gain what is priceless.
Establish your needs. The principal obligations being family (1 Timothy 5:8) and ministry (2 Corinthians 8:6-24; 9:1-15) then let generosity be driven by the law of love.
Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later. Divide your gifts among many, for in the days ahead you yourself may need much help.
I will lead blind Israel down a new path, guiding them along an unfamiliar way. I will brighten the darkness before them and smooth out the road ahead of them. Yes, I will indeed do these things; I will not forsake them.
In John 8 the Pharisees’ only objective was to accuse Jesus, should He agree with Moses, then they would accuse Him to the Roman governor, for taking upon Him to condemn a person to death; only the Roman Governor had that power.
When your confession of inabilities contends with God’s ability and His confidence in you for the assignment He confers on you, you risk His anger! Such confession is not humility but an act of refusal!
In these days of the epic battle between light and darkness our weapon is clearly defined, if we are to survive the onslaughts – returning to the Word.
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