God is calling His people not to imitate the world but to be imitators of Christ and of God. In these last days, we are to be awake, to be alert to what God has revealed, and to be consistent in our daily walk.
Month: August 2021
Foreshadowings: The Mercy Seat
God provides remarkable glimpses of Jesus in the Old Testament. To understand what Mary Magdalene saw in the empty tomb that first Resurrection Sunday (John 20), consider the Ark of the Covenant and the part it played in the Day of Atonement – the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart – Week 8
We all know the story of David, but let’s learn from David how to seek restoration with the Father through honest repentance. What God saw in David, He can see in us. We, too, can be people after God’s own heart.
Rock Solid: Godly Wisdom from First Peter (13)
Christians should not be surprised when they suffer for the name of Jesus; rather, they should count it a privilege to participate in the suffering of Christ, and a reminder of the joy to come when His full glory is revealed!
Foreshadowings: Psalm 22
God provides remarkable glimpses of Jesus in the Old Testament. Psalm 22 not only speaks to our hearts when we feel abandoned by God, but it also foretells the suffering of Jesus 1,000 years before those events took place.
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart – Week 7
We all know the story of David, but let’s learn from David how to seek restoration with the Father through honest repentance. What God saw in David, He can see in us. We, too, can be people after God’s own heart.
Rock Solid: Godly Wisdom from First Peter (12)
1 Peter 4:1-11 reminds us that because of all Christ has done for us, we should leave sinful desires behind and live our lives according to God’s will.
Foreshadowings: Daniel
God provides remarkable glimpses of Jesus in the Old Testament. In Daniel, the angel Gabriel announced the coming of Messiah in the Old Testament as well as the New, and foretold both the building and the destruction of the Second Temple.
David: A Man After God’s Own Heart – Week 6
We all know the story of David, but let’s learn from David how to seek restoration with the Father through honest repentance. What God saw in David, He can see in us. We, too, can be people after God’s own heart.
Rock Solid: Godly Wisdom from First Peter (11)
1 Peter 3:18-22 assures persecuted believers that just as Jesus’ teaching, life, ministry, and sacrificial death were vindicated by His resurrection, so there will be vindication for those who hold fast to faith and life in Him!