Going deeper with Jesus
The Priests If you want to be in God’s inner circle, any sin or worldliness cannot enter. Once that sin is confessed and cleansed, we are pure. In the Old Testament most people were not able to come into the inner courts. This was reserved for the priests. We are now considered priests. Jesus has […]
Repentance and Holiness: The Priests Read More »
If we want to be holy, if we want to be close to God, if we want to please God, to walk beside Him, to sit at His feet, to lay our head on his chest, we cannot do that if we cling to our sin. That does not mean we are perfect in our
Repentance and Holiness: You Can’t Have One Without the Other Read More »
This is the first in what I am planning of a series on repentance and holiness. Just like every writing, it is not meant to tell all the answers. No human can possibly do that. Even if I wrote many books about holiness and repentance, there would be more to learn. There would be more
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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Song of Solomon 8:6 The bible tells us our God is a jealous God. He is
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They say hindsight is 20/20. We don’t always know the value of something until we have passed it by. We also may not know the importance of something we do or don’t do until the opportunity is long gone. Have you ever prayed a prayer that you forgot about and you find out your prayer
For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of My supper. Luke 14:24 The Parable of the Banquet And when one of them that sat at meat with Him heard these things, he said unto Him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.Then said He
Being Too Busy for God Read More »
Jesus is not a far off God who is not interested in us. He is both near and far. He fills Heaven and Earth.Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I
Thoughts on Friendship with Jesus Read More »
We are so puny, so little, so insignificant in this world. Not to God. We are each important to Him. He cares for each one of us with the utmost love and care. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Psalm
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. Proverbs 19:11 It pleases God when we overlook the offenses of others. Similar to not focusing on evil. From 1 Corinthians 13, the chapter on love: Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked,
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But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him.God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. John 4:23-24 God knows our every thought and the secrets of our hearts. That may
Does God Hear You? Read More »