A responsive reading based on 1 Cor 13:1-8 M: Love is patient C: It is not hurried M: love is kind C: It is not harsh, rough or hurtful M: It does not envy C: It knows no other Gods M: it does not boast C: but only in Christ M: it is not proud [...]
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The Ten Commandments – Responsive Prayer
Posted: January 18, 2011 in Old Testament, Old Testament, Ten CommandmentsTags: Ten Commandments
P: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.” C: God the Father has freed us. Help us to be eternally grateful. 1P: “You shall have no other gods before me.” C: You are the only God that we will ever need. You are [...]
Whatever you do … Isn’t that a curious phrase! What doesn’t it include? Sleeping, eating, watching TV, working, playing video games; I would argue that it includes everything. The phrase is used 5 times in scripture. There is wisdom in these phrases: Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. – [...]
Jesus’ death on our behalf, with its life saving forgiveness and guarantee of eternal life is for everyone who believes; regardless of ethnicity, race, gender, culture, wealth or lack thereof, geographic location, socioeconomic status, and educational level. It cuts across time; dividing the very calendar that the world uses as their year zero reference. The [...]
Found your gifts yet?
Posted: July 6, 2010 in New TestamentTags: 1 Cor 12:4-7, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Gifts
“Developing the gifts God gave you is an act of worship” – Darrell Evans Have you found your spiritual gifts yet? God calls us to be individuals; creative, expressive and active. He has never made anyone else quite like me and He’s never made anyone else like you. He is a creator, not a duplicator [...]
What is love?
Posted: April 27, 2010 in 1 Cor 13:8, New Testament, PoetryTags: 1 Corinthians 13:8, Love
Love is patient It is not hurried love is kind It is not harsh, rough or hurtful It does not envy It knows no other Gods it does not boast but only in Christ it is not proud It is humble It is not rude It is polite, refined and civil it is not self-seeking [...]
The fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe. - Proverbs 29:25 It is the fear of man that says we cannot do it. It is the fear of man that says we don’t have the funding. It is the fear of man that says [...]
John 6:35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:41 At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” John 6:48 [...]
“I tell you the truth” – Jesus
Posted: March 20, 2012 in Commentary, New TestamentTags: Jesus
In scripture, Jesus says’ “I tell you the truth” a whopping 78 times. I once heard a preacher say that “the truth” is Jesus’ native language. That’s a cool way of thinking about whatever it is that Jesus has to say. Here’s a few of my favorites: I tell you the truth, until heaven and [...]