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Have you ever thought through why you do not spend more time with God? What aspects of your time and commitment hold you back from prayer? Most of us do not have the kind of prayer life we should have; in my experience, most people give up because either they do not know how to pray or they do not understand the significance of prayer.
Faithfulness is the "gluing" fruit that will preserve our faith and the other characters of the Spirit and identify God's will so we can be dependable and trusting to God and others.
Standing firm, which we can do all the way from sowing the right seed to receiving the greatest harvest of the highest quality.
When we fully recognize our dependence on Christ, and fully feel the love and acceptance we have from Him, then our spiritual walk will increase.
How is the Bible different from any other book? Look at the evidence… If the Bible claims to be the Word of God it is a special book. This leads to a very personal question...What does it mean to you?
· IT CLAIMS TO BE THE WORD OF GOD!
· IT IS A BOOK FROM GOD . . .
· It has unity ... in preservation... in content... in influence!
· IT CLAIMS TO BE THE WORD OF GOD!
· IT IS A BOOK FROM GOD . . .
· It has unity ... in preservation... in content... in influence!
These principles are the call God gives the Church. But the Church is you and I. Thus, we are to do these by our personal participation and by our collective activities!
The church has many roles and duties that have been expounded in Scripture and have been found by the experience of ministry.
The church has many roles and duties that have been expounded in Scripture and have been found by the experience of ministry.
Goodness is the engagement of love! It displays integrity, honesty and compassion to others and allows us to do the right thing.
It is about integrating our prayer and Scripture life for greater spiritual stimulation that leads to greater understanding of our Lord and then greater application of His precepts. As we read God's Word we can and should be praying to our Lord, too. This combines two essential aspects of our Christian walk, Bible reading and prayer, used together for our personal impact of faith and synergy to impact our faith and church.
Our ability to be good and holy is only because of the "effect" of redemption (what Christ did for me on the cross, which we did not deserve) not the "cause," (the cause is how we are, receiving grace and forgiveness) never confuse the two or you will have pride and arrogance because you will think you deserved it.
Following Jesus' great message to the multitudes, He moves from the crowds to the ministering of the individual needs of people.