Archive for July 9, 2012

Thought for the morning of Tue July 10, 2012

What is meant by our being citizens in heaven? It means that we are under heaven’s government. Christ the king of heaven reigns in our hearts; our daily prayer is, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” The proclamations issued from the throne of glory are freely received by us: the decrees of the Great King we cheerfully obey. Then as citizens of the New Jerusalem, we share heaven’s honours. The glory which belongs to beatified saints belongs to us, for we are already sons of God, already princes of the blood imperial; already we wear More >

Life Source – Week 7 – Day 2 ** John 15:18

Read John 15:18 – 16:4

This teaching from Jesus is on the heels of His message to His disciples about remaining in Him … abiding always attached to Him.  He tells them that their lives will bear fruit if they abide in Him.  It is the beautiful up-side of living in Christ!  Now, He turns His attention to another result of remaining in Him.  Jesus was always honest with His followers.  He always told them to “count the cost” of discipleship.  These verses remind the disciples about counting the cost.  And He would remind us as well.  The true follower of More >

Be Free and Liberated

In Matthew 28:12, when the chief priest had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers.

Those who are in opposition to God will go to great measures to keep the grace of God from millions of people. One of the leading new atheists Richard Dawkins wrote in his book that some historians say Jesus never existed. However, when confronted on that part of his book in a debate with scientist and professor John Lennox at Oxford University, he quickly changed his position on the existence of Jesus. However, the damage was already More >

Life Source – Week 7 – Day 2 ** John 15:18

Read John 15:18 – 16:4

This teaching from Jesus is on the heels of His message to His disciples about remaining in Him … abiding always attached to Him.  He tells them that their lives will bear fruit if they abide in Him.  It is the beautiful up-side of living in Christ!  Now, He turns His attention to another result of remaining in Him.  Jesus was always honest with His followers.  He always told them to “count the cost” of discipleship.  These verses remind the disciples about counting the cost.  And He would remind us as well.  The true follower of More >