Jesus calls: Pray like this. 9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11Give us this day our daily bread. 12And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13And lead us … [Read more…]
Paul prayed “having the eyes of your hearts enlightened.” That’s how Paul reinforced what he revealed about the blessings God has bestowed to, on and in us. 15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Yeshua which is among you and the love which you have toward all the holy … [Read more…]
God is our Father in heaven who adopted us as His children and heirs. Our inheritance is stored up in heaven for us. It is the culmination of salvation, eternal life with God dwelling with us in the new heaven and new earth. The moment we believed in the Messiah, God adopted us as His … [Read more…]
It takes God given guts to be salt and light in this dark world. Jesus had God given guts. He is our example. After proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom of God and enduring much persecution for 3 years, Jesus endured the cross for us. Pointing to the faith of those who went before us, … [Read more…]
The wisdom of the world and the wisdom from above are drastically different, as you would expect from each source. Pagans think and act in the wisdom of the world. Followers of Messiah Jesus think and act in the wisdom from above. Pagans think and act in the wisdom of the world. “This wisdom is … [Read more…]
We walk in good works because God our Father has created us in Christ Jesus to do good works and walk in them. Paul proclaims that to the saints in Ephesus. God made us alive together with Messiah. “For we are his workmanship, created in Messiah Yeshua for good works, which God prepared before that … [Read more…]
Koinonia vs intercollegial relatinships are quite different in meaning and depth. Koinionia interpersonal relationship are far richer because they are blessings from and for God in the eternal kingdom of his Son, Messiah Jesus. They are God connections. Intercollegial relationships are man connections of peers in an organization that will pass away. KOINONIA, KOINONEO, SUNKOINONEO and KOINONOS are the … [Read more…]
“to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share,” Paul told Timothy to tell that to the rich in this present world and us. “Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but … [Read more…]
Your ministry in perspective of eternity is the long term view that motivates us to hang in there, come hell or high water. Paul summarizes that view in his letters to the Thessalonians and Philippians and us. 2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and … [Read more…]
Your ministry in perspective of eternity is the long term view that motivates us to hang in there, come hell or high water. Peter proclaims that view “to those who have obtained a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Yeshua the Messiah” in 2 Peter. 2 Peter 1:1 … [Read more…]