Spiritual Warfare: The Other Side of Trials
There's another layer to trials or delayed answers to prayers: evil forces actively warring against us and fostering circumstances to destroy our faith. Do not neglect this!
How The Weary Find Rest. It’s a Promise
We bear so much on our shoulders. Things we were never intended to carry. We strive for God and others’ approval, relying on limited, finite and perishable things such as intelligence, money, beauty, biblical literacy, eloquence. We act as if God’s Love for us and our right standing with him was conditional upon our performance. Jesus promises laboring souls like us: ‘I will give you rest …you will find rest for your souls’. He only asks us: (1) ‘Come to me’, (2) ‘take my yoke upon you’, and (3) ‘learn from me’.
3 Truths For Assurance of Salvation
If you are fearful or doubt your right standing with God, look to Jesus, not yourself. The best way to do that is to meditate on Jesus, to behold him. Together, let’s look at three truths about Jesus that will boost our confidence in him: (1) Our right standing with God, through Jesus, is not transactional, (2) God’s grace for us through Jesus is exponential, and (3) Jesus secured an eternal redemption. Today, we will look at truth #3.
3 Truths For Assurance of Salvation
If you are fearful or doubt your right standing with God, look to Jesus, not yourself. The best way to do that is to meditate on Jesus, to behold him. Together, let’s look at three truths about Jesus that will boost our confidence in him: (1) Our right standing with God, through Jesus, is not transactional, (2) God’s grace for us through Jesus is exponential, and (3) Jesus secured an eternal redemption. Today, we will look at truth #2.
3 Truths For Assurance of Salvation
If you are fearful or doubt your right standing with God, look to Jesus, not yourself. The best way to do that is to meditate on Jesus, to behold him. Together, let’s look at three truths about Jesus that will boost our confidence in him: (1) Our right standing with God, through Jesus, is not transactional, (2) God’s grace for us through Jesus is exponential, and (3) Jesus secured an eternal redemption. Today, we will look at truth #1.
Will You Make It Into Heaven?
Many of us have struggled with the assurance of our salvation at some point. We look in our hearts and see all manners of sin and evil. We wonder: am I truly saved? Do I have enough faith? On judgement day, will Jesus say to me ‘depart from me you worker of evil’?
3 Reasons To Praise God When You Don't Feel Like it
Let me be honest. Sometimes, I struggle to believe God's Goodness and I don’t feel like praising Him. Hebrews 13:15-16 is greatly encouraging because it teaches that praising God is a sacrificial offering. It's not supposed to feel easy or ‘natural’ all the time. And to offer praises to God when it's hard, despite our flesh’s rebellion against it, is pleasing to him. You may ask: Isn’t it hypocritical to praise God when I don’t want to?
Facing Plenty
A couple of weeks ago, I was going through it. My heart was heavy and my spirit burdened. I prayed and read my bible almost all day long ... The turmoil in my soul drove me to the Lord … But as things got better, I started to slow it down. This week, I was back into the storm again and guess what? I have been praying, worshiping and reading my bible constantly … What is it about hardships that draws us near to God? … Why are my prayers so heartfelt and my bible reading so life-giving in such times? ….
The Glory of God
This is part 2 of the previous post, ‘Glory’. In Exodus 33, Moses asked God to show him His Glory. After the grievous sin committed by the Israelites, he wondered if God would still be with them. Moses wanted reassurance, one that goes deep. He knew that beholding God in his very essence, was the only thing that could strengthen him again. … So, what is the Glory of God? According to God himself, it is all of His goodness. All of it, all at once and all of the time.
Glory
Many of us only have a vague idea of the meaning of the Glory of God, even though it is a prominent theme in the Bible and the Christian life. The more I understand it, the harder it is to explain. But for the next two blogs, I will do my best, by God's grace, to help us meditate on it.