Posts from January 2022

Posts from January 2022

Do You Find Prayer A Duty Or A Delight?

Do You Find Prayer A Duty Or A Delight? Why is God’s goodness vital to our motivation to pray? If, knowing who God is, shapes the way we pray, then what is God really like? God is all-knowing and all-powerful. He is holy, just, kind and loving. Psalm 100:5 For the Lord is always good. He is always loving and kind, and his faithfulness goes on and on to each succeeding generation. How has God’s goodness affected the way you…

What’s holding you back from serving God now?

What’s holding you back from serving God now? Jeremiah 1:5 “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.    Before you were born I set you apart    and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.” God is outside of time as the creator of time. All believers are set apart for service and ministry that God appointed us to accomplish before we were born. It’s His work that we are called to carry out. Ephesians 2:8-10                                                                     For it…

Your Past Doesn’t Control Your Future

Romans 8:28-31And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who lovehim, who have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those Godforeknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, thathe might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those hepredestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those hejustified, he also glorified. 31 What, then, shall we say in response to thesethings? If…

How has your new identity in Christ changed your life?

Corinthians 5:17 says, “If anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” Jesus loves to bless and change us to be more like Him. Sometimes in the scriptures He would give a person a nickname to represent their new calling and identity. John 1:42 Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).In John 1:42 the name “Peter”…