Patterns in New Testament Prayers The Bible teaches much on prayer. There are many specific instructions as to how to pray, and there are also many examples of prayer we can learn from. Look at how the New Testament church prayed. There are patterns there that we can follow. The more closely we know the …
How can I spend time with God? What are some specific things I can do? Last time we talked of the importance of getting to know God. Then we talked about getting to know God as He presents Himself in His Word. The first step is to study Jesus in the Word to find out …
How Can I Know God Better? Psalms 27:4 – One thing I have asked from the Lord, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord and to meditate in His temple. The ONE THING I desire above …
2 Peter 1:3-4 – As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, …
2 Timothy 1:7 – For God has not given me a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind. In this one very popular verse on fear is the perfect and complete answer to victory over fear. These are three forces that will overcome fear when applied. It isn’t just a matter
I have been reading lately from Hannah Whitall Smith, a woman who was born into a Quaker home and after marriage got involved in the holiness movement. She wrote many books about how to get the reality of our salvation into our daily lives. The following quote is from her autobiography, The Unselfishness of God:
Ezekiel 33:30-33 (Amplified) – But as for you, son of man, your fellow citizens who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak to one another, each to his brother, saying, come now and hear what the message is which comes forth from the Lord. They come to you
Recently, I went through some practical steps and getting closer to God. This week I’m going to expand this by talking about how to STAY close to Him and abide ALWAYS in His presence. Below are some facts that are unchangeable, and we can count on them every day. When we purposely put faith in
In going back over past notes of things I have learned in the past I found what is below – from 1994. It is notes on trusting in Him and distrusting my own self, on relying on Him to work things in me rather than trying to change myself, on learning to live in His
Come and join me today in some musings about the armor of God and how you put it on. I have been around a long time and have heard many things, but many Christians seem to lose more battles than they win in life. If so, do they really have on the full armor of
