Archive for June 2020
📖 Word For The Day: Trusting God For Who You Are
📖 Word For The Day: Trusting God For Who You Are People often struggle to accept themselves as they are. None of us have it all together! If you are like me, if given a chance, there are things about yourself, you would change – your appearance, your abilities, your temperament, or emotional makeup. God…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Transformed Speech
When God regenerates a person, he gives him the salvation of his soul, but he also begins in him a major transformation of his life; he is no longer the person he used to be. One of the things that the Lord transforms in us is the way we speak. When we were unbelievers, we…
Read MoreConnection Group Bible Study: Receiving Rebuke
Word For The Day: God’s Unfailing Presence
Do you ever feel alone? People are all around, but in your pain or loss, you feel alone. Fear may grip your heart, and your senses scream for you to get away, to escape! This week, we have been learning how to Trust God Even When Life Hurts. God’s love is unfailing, and His grace…
Read MoreWord For The Day: God’s Unfailing Compassion
We are learning what it means to trust God, even when life hurts. The more we get to know someone, the more we trust them, provided they remain consistent and trustworthy. God is entirely reliable, but we will not actively trust Him when things go wrong if we do not grow in our knowledge of…
Read MoreWord For The Day: God’s Unfailing Love
“The Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in Him.”Psalm 32:10 Stop, go back and read that again. God’s love cannot fail! God’s love never stops, never wavers; it is constant. As we go through adversities, setbacks, and the uncertainties of life, one thing that NEVER changes is that God’s love is unfailing. There…
Read MoreWord For The Day: God’s Love In Discipline
Today I want to continue a series of devotions on “Trusting God Even When Life Hurts.” These devotions summarize a book by Jerry Bridges with the same title. I hope you will get a copy of that book and read it for yourself! We have seen that God is Sovereign and loving, but this does…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Love God With All Your Heart
If you were to summarize all that God requires of you, it would seem like an impossible task. If you were asked to narrow down in one sentence all of God’s demands upon you in relationship to him, what would you say? It seems impossible, but Jesus did it for us, and he put it…
Read MoreWord For The Day: Trust in The Lord With All Your Heart
One of the greatest truths of Christianity is the idea of trusting God; in fact, you can only become a Christian if you trust in his righteousness and not your own, but once you become a Christian by trusting in his righteousness, it begins a life of absolute trust in God; a trust that must…
Read MoreConnection Group: Living in Gospel Community Requires Confrontation
The connection group discussion this week: Confronting Others For Change. Our Person Study is Peter: Definition of Confront – to rebuke, correct. Prov. 6:23, Titus 2:11-12,15, Prov. 3:11-12 First Confrontation in Scripture In the Garden of Eden (Genesis 3:9,11,13) 1. What was God’s purpose in confronting Adam & Eve? Answer – To cause them to…
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