Articles, tagged with "eph", page 1
God & Love! God's Love Is Gospel Truth Because "God Is Love." Love Creates An Encounter With God
With all the sin and wrong in the world, we often struggle with the concept of the love of God. How can God love human beings who engage in so much sin and compromise? But the gospel truth is the fact that God loves us so much that he sacrificed his only ...
To Charge or Not to Charge
I am so tired of seeing the Body of Christ struggle financially. I believe that this is a misrepresentation of who Jesus is and it has to stop.
Even in His time upon the earth Jesus was a wealthy man from a wealthy carpentry family. His father, Joseph,...
Whose Thoughts Are Your Thoughts?
We are always thinking. Sometimes we are intentionally thinking about a topic or issue and other times thoughts seem to just pop into our heads spontaneously. Many people believe that all the thoughts we have are our own, but they aren’t. The spiritual do...
2012 Prophesy
twelve:6 one Cor. 12:10, 14:3,6)3) The office of the prophet (Acts 11:27, 13:1 Eph. four:11)A individual who prophesies could do so from both of three levels or spheres. On the other hand, every stage or sphere of prophecy has a distinctive goal or perfor...
Abraham's Faith (Faith Accounted for Righteousness)
Every person who truly believes that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, is interested in having what we might term "saving faith." The Bible could not be any clearer than it is on our need for such faith. Paul tells the Ephesian Christians, "By grace ...
Calling your name
CALLING YOUR NAME
Many are frustrated, thrown off balance and lack direction. Many are tired, worn out and some even burned out and growing weary in doing the work of sharing their Christian faith with others. Christ invites these and offers them comfo...
Think Again
THINK AGAIN
Sadly, we miss many blessings because we do not have the patience (John 16:24) to keep trying or we too hastily turn our thoughts to something or someone else. You may feel that there is too slim a prospect for your success so why think aga...
Work Relationships
WORK RELATIONSHIPS
You have family, friends and connections. You are not a nun or a monk vowed to a monastery. You’re a vibrant person living in a material world, but first and foremost you are a believer in Jesus Christ, and you belong to the family o...
What is your story?
WHAT IS YOUR STORY
Humanity is again at a time where people are urged to be self-reliant, self-centred and self willed. Actually, apart from certain ages, this is the history of all humankind. The story of Jesus Christ and his followers is different. C...
Making sense of disagreements
MAKING SENSE OF DISAGREEMENTS
When Jesus unveiled his new doctrine (John 7:16) the Jews murmured (John 6:41) and many of his disciples “walked no more with him” – they left him (John 6:66). For Jesus, the declaration of his purpose was something more i...
Sunday, Sunday
SUNDAY, SUNDAY
Sitting in the church are people who believe in and follow Jesus Christ. Some are casual Christians but most are committed and dedicated to Jesus Christ and His cause on the earth.
Christians go to church to worship Jesus Christ and be...
Resilience
RESILIENCE
The scheme of hell is to work with circumstances and human collaborators to create and prolong distress, prevent recovery, and produce casualties in life (Eph 6:11, 13). Sometimes because of our own independent indiscretions or poor judgement ...
Makeover
MAKEOVER
None of us is perfect. The life of a Christian is one of exciting change and growth. It is a life of progressive makeover of our natures and character. As we journey with the Holy Spirit of God we discover what power, peace and progress there is...
Seven Declarations to Effect Victory In Your Life
"The people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits." (Dan.11: 32) As you have received the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, (Eph. 6: 17) you are equipped to declare with your mouth victory over your circumstances.(Rom.5: 17)...
Ashamed of Jesus and His Words
In Luke 9:26 Jesus made the following statement, "For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels." (NAS) There are two things here that men a...