“Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear them from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.” Chronicles 7:14 This one verse from 2 Chronicles is so packed with application for our lives (It […]
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Wonderful Privilege
Ephesians 3:7 "By God’s special favour and mighty power I have been given the wonderful privilege of serving him by spreading this Good News." That is Paul, writing to the Ephesians. Note how he describes his calling to spread the Good News (a calling that is made to all of us in the Great Commission): […]
Ambassadors of Christ
In 2 Corinthians 5:20 Paul calls us to be Ambassadors of Christ. But what does that actually mean? An ambassador for a country lives in a foreign country, showing everyone who lives there how amazing his home country is. “So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us.” 2 Corinthians 5:20 We are who people look […]
We're all in this together
Unity is defined as “a state of being one”. As Christians we are called to be one body in Christ, so unity is central to our understanding of fellowship, as fellowship is how we become the body of Christ. Rick Warren, who wrote The Purpose Driven Life went as far as to say “unity is […]
Make the most of Now
It is said you can’t come close to God and not be changed. The way I look at it is like radiation heat transfer in Physics. As an object gets closer to a heat source it’ll absorb more heat. As we try to climb the mountain of the Lord(Psalm 24) we will get closer to His […]