"For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure."
Philippians 2:13 (via guidemeinyourtruth)
A New Commandment
1 John 2: 7-14
7 Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment for you; rather it is an old one you have had from the very beginning. This old commandment—to love one another—is the same message you heard before. 8 Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.
9 If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is still living in darkness. 10 Anyone who loves another brother or sister is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. 11 But anyone who hates another brother or sister is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness.
12 I am writing to you who are God’s children
because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.
13 I am writing to you who are mature in the faith
because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.
I am writing to you who are young in the faith
because you have won your battle with the evil one.
14 I have written to you who are God’s children
because you know the Father.
I have written to you who are mature in the faith
because you know Christ, who existed from the beginning.
I have written to you who are young in the faith
because you are strong.
God’s word lives in your hearts,
and you have won your battle with the evil one.
This Is Who I Am: The Mission of Jesus Christ Is Not A DIY Project
There are times that it appears people feel God has given us our orders and sent us out to do what we can. We study his Word like an instruction manual and then move out to do a DIY project, trying to figure it out on our own, hoping for the best. I would say that we spend 95% of our day…
Note #30: Do not Fear.
Psalm 56:3-4,12-13
When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?I am under vows to you, O God;
I will present my thank offerings to you.
For you have delivered me[c] from death
and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.[d]
