This Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life
Have you yet accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? This is the first day of the rest of your eternal life. Will it be lived out joyously in Heaven or in agony somewhere else? #identifiedwithChrist
Are You Willing?
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. Matthew 16:24-25 NKJV In Jesus’ day, the cross represented […]
Prayer and Surrender
God intentionally waits to answer our prayers until we’re in a position to accept His guidance. Put another way, He wants us to be willing and able to do as He says. Think about it. Jesus made Himself available to His disciples, but they had to choose to follow Him and obey His commands. Some […]
Available?
Just be available. You never know what God will do with a life that is surrendered. Darlene Zschech
Obedience
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NRSV If your heart’s cry is to be more fruitful for God, then you must become more consistently dependent upon him (read: surrendered). It […]
Love and Surrender
“Christianity does not think of man finally submitting to the power of God, it thinks of him as finally surrendering to the love of God. It is not that man’s will is crushed, but that man’s heart is broken.” William Barclay
The Joy Barometer
Faith, surrender, and joy are inextricably linked. The deeper one’s walk with Christ, the deeper the joy. Let joy be the barometer of your faithfulness in Christ. When joy ebbs, look for an area of your life that is not wholly set apart for Him.
What The Lord Requires
What shall I bring to Yahweh, the God of heaven, when I come to worship him? Shall I bring the best calves to burn as offerings ? Will Yahweh be pleased if I bring him thousands of sheep or endless streams of olive oil? Shall I offer him my first-born child to pay for my […]
On Salvation
Looking in the wrong place? We come to salvation and sanctification through acceptance of the gift of Jesus Christ (His death and resurrection). And not through asking for forgiveness of sin. Salvation cannot be achieved by pleading, but rather only accepted as a gift of grace through surrender.
A New Day. A Fresh Slate
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness;his mercies begin afresh each morning. Lamentations 3:22-23 (NLT) God’s love and mercy are fresh each morning. The beginning of a new day provides a fresh start where the slate has been wiped clean, with no traces of yesterday. A […]