The Initiator
Believers are commanded to explain what it means to trust in Jesus clearly, and believers are commanded to demonstrate what following Jesus looks like in real life. But no one can be coerced or forced into salvation.
True Faith
Have you looked to Jesus alone? Have you believed in him as the One who paid the penalty for your sin on the cross? Do you know with certainty that you have eternal life?
The Great Hope
When the night is the darkest; when discouragement hangs over your soul like a thick fog; when getting out of bed becomes the hardest part of your day; when your lips can’t smile; when the smallest chore takes all the energy you have, the Spirit is there praying for you at a depth beyond human words.
The Great Hope
We were saved ultimately for this great hope. In the meantime, we live obediently and wait patiently.
The Great Hope
Christians are made for another world, and it’s already ours…but not yet.
The Great Hope
One day Jesus will wipe away every tear and welcome you to the home where pain, suffering, crying, and tears cannot enter. Your darkest night will one day be erased by the view of the Son.
The Great Hope
I will share in his glory forever. Be encouraged! The best is yet to come.
Conceding Control
As God’s child, my sins are paid for by Jesus, the Spirit of sonship lives in me, and I can call (this is unbelievable) the Creator of the Universe, “Daddy, Father”!
Conceding Control
You can make the spiritual life as mystical as you want to, but growth comes down to two things: The Spirit’s control and common sense. It’s that simple … and that hard.
Conceding Control
When I submit to the Spirit’s control instead of my own desires, I will always do what pleases God. That’s an amazing truth, isn’t it?
Conceding Control
The Spirit can and will overpower the sinful nature every time. Part of the growth process involves God allowing me to learn dependence upon his Spirit or caving to my own sinful desires.
Conceding Control
If your thinking, emotions, and desires are set on what the Holy Spirit desires, you will live your life under his control.
Acknowledging the Battle
I will never experience the penalty of eternal death and separation from God. Today I can live in confidence and security!
Acknowledging the Battle
The key to spiritual life is surrender. I must always relent to the Spirit for the resources and strength to please God.
Acknowledging the Battle
Acknowledge the battle. That’s the first step in the spiritual growth process called sanctification.
Acknowledging the Battle
My relationship with God is secure, and my final home is in heaven, but I am not there yet. The penalty of sin is gone, but the propensity to sin remains.
Acknowledging the Battle
Therein lays the battle—the struggle of knowing what I am supposed to do and not wanting to do it.
The Ultimate Surrender
It was Friday…but Sunday was coming!
The Ultimate Surrender
Jesus’ life and death were acts of relent for you and me. He bought us by his death and brought us together as the church through his ultimate surrender.
The Ultimate Surrender
A savior must be sinless to die sacrificially for the sin of others. Since all humans are sinful, he must be God, and to die on man’s behalf; he must be man.