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- Prayer is a way for us to surrender our lives to God and trust that He will lead us down the path He has planned for us. When we take the time to pray, we are opening up a dialogue with our Creator. We are able to hear from Him and understand His heart for us. Additionally, through prayer, we are able to discern the will of God for our lives.
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In his first letter, Peter writes to believers suffering persecution for following Jesus. He addresses them as “elect exiles of the dispersion,” emphasizing how their temporary world, along with all its trials, will give way to an “to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you” (1 Pet. 1:4). He details the ...
Yet within the command itself is a spectacular promise: “You shall be holy.” God is saying, You will grow in holiness. You will be conformed into my image. I will see to it.The holy Lord who ransoms a people who were once slaves to sin now calls us “obedient children” (1 Pet. 1:14) and empowers us to be holy as we traverse the earth as exiles. He w...
Before God put new hearts within us, our desires were not for him but for ourselves. We loved our sin and were mastered by it. We didn’t want fellowship with our Creator or the holiness that brings him glory. In our eyes, God’s commands revealed him as an uptight dictator holding out on us, just as Eve thought God was holding out on her. Even when ...
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Jul 30, 2024 · While it’s true that the New Testament doesn’t teach that Christians will achieve sinless perfection in this age, it does teach that God requires perfection of us — that we “be perfect, as [our] heavenly Father is perfect.” So, we have a problem: God requires a moral perfection impossible for us to achieve. That’s a big problem. And ...
May 12, 2021 · What is the grace of God? Simply put it is God's favor and kindness toward us. God rains down grace on all mankind. Let's take a look at 6 specific areas where God shows us grace.
Why do we say we will have these gifts and moral virtues in heaven? The norm is Our Lord and the graces He had on earth – while enjoying the Beatific Vision. In Him we have reason to believe there were both the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the moral virtues – and so we will have them in heaven.
Jan 7, 2024 · When we kneel with Paul between past and future, grace and glory, Christ’s cross and Christ’s second coming, we find ourselves saying new words, praying fresh prayers. At the bottom of our prayers, we ask for faith and love, inward strength and heart-level holiness.
The following are prayer points for grace you can pray right away to activate God’s free gift of grace in your life, family, church and ministry: 1. Pray and say; Father, thank you for the free gift of grace you have given me in the beloved, I believe I am graced, empowered and enabled to function with ease in my area of calling, in Jesus name.
