One of my favorite things about God’s works is that God is never doing just one thing. His grace is full of wisdom.
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"What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you?"
Wouldn't you love to know the answer to this?
We live in an age where, if you didn’t do it alone, it doesn’t really count. But what the wise observe is that, if you don’t do it together, it doesn’t actually happen.
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We want everything we do to be done with GRACE FIRST. We want our church to be a Chapel of Grace. A set-apart place, out and away from the burdens of the world, where “if anyone thirsts” they might come and find the grace of God in Jesus. (John 7:37)
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For the first time in 350+ devotionals, I’m going to write a series.
First, this series will discuss our “ministry philosophy.” Which is fancy-talk for “the way we’re gonna try to do the things we do.” These are guiding principles, attitudes, and ways we can assess what we’re doing. Are we just co-opting worldly values and methods? Or are we being reshaped by the Spirit of our God?
What are the "works" that are the signs of living faith?
First, this is obedience to Jesus.
This involves making disciples of Jesus, for Jesus: "Go...make disciples." (Mat 28:19-20) Yet within this command Jesus says, "teaching them to obey all I have commanded you." So obedience to the disciple-making command involves being alert to Jesus' teachings and commands.
A few weeks back we talked about James 2:1-13: social partiality and social mercy. About the social gravity that trials exert on us to seek "easy" connections. People who don't stress us out. We are partial to the people we think will make our lives easier.
Thank God that Jesus isn't like that.
Here's one of the many beautiful developments in Scripture
1. God's Word runs the universe. From creation to the end, as 2 Samuel 22:31says, "The Word of the Lord proves True." God says it, and there is it! (Gen 1:3) God's Word runs everything; God's Word will be established. God's Word is always trustworthy.