Grace abounds when believers are enjoying the goodness of Father God. The proud will always keep God at an arms distance, for they are secure with some part of themselves. The humble know the sweetness of communion with the good Father, because they have nothing else to cling to but His riches.
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Beautiful Attitudes, Part 6
This is a practicable holiness. An investment of the self in Jesus will surely result in an outworking of good deeds, good thoughts and good desires.
Beautiful Attitudes, Part 4
If we want to live fit for the fulfillment of the kingdom of God, we must learn to hunger for the Word of God. We must seek Him in private prayer. We must learn to call out to Him as one would beg for bread. We must take down the social masks of self righteousness and cling only to the righteousness of God. We must learn to take and eat of His righteousness.
Teach Us To Pray! Part 6
This is in essence what we praise when we echo David’s glad temple prayer. We want God to rule in all of our hearts alone. We are asking for Jesus to make His existence known through our bodies as He was known during His time among us on earth. We are asking for Jesus to make His existence known through our bodies as He will be known in eternity.
Teach Us To Pray! Part 5
This witness of heartfelt reliance on God for deliverance is a witness to the world. The kingdom of God is so real when the outside world sees men and women pray for God’s guidance past and through evil by His supernatural arm of deliverance. We tap into the strength of Someone greater than ourselves, and that is completely counter to everything the world stands for.
Teach Us To Pray! Part 4
In each act of forgiveness, the Kingdom of God stands a little stronger. The domain of the holy is made more present with each reconciliation. As individuals become brothers and sisters through faith in Jesus Christ, we see God’s supreme design for our world more clearly.
Teach Us To Pray! Part 3
Each time we gather around a table of food we have the opportunity to acknowledge the provider of the harvest. Each time we take a bite of some tasty morsel of crust we should reflect on the goodness of God’s grace and His ability to make a way for our life.
Teach Us To Pray! Part 2
The will of God done through His people in the power of Christ on earth makes the reality of the kingdom an ever clear and present danger to His enemies.
Teach Us to Pray! Part 1
The Jesus-follower assigns worth to God each time they pray in this fashion. This is not a worth that we created. We instead reflect God’s own personal holy worthiness back to Him in devotion and humility. This worshipful prayer of our holy Father God should shake our uncertainties and humble us to purer faith in Jesus.
POIEMA: Created for Truth 