Intercession

“Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.” Psalm 51:1 I love this sincere prayer of confession and repentance of David the King.  He knows that he cannot earn forgiveness; he knows that he doesn’t deserve grace…

“Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.” 2 Corinthians 3:5  When we are not trying to prove to the world or ourselves that we are adequate in ourselves, then we are free to be whom called created…

“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love and power and discipline.” 2 Timothy 1:7 Fear is the opposite of faith.  But it is also a human emotion that must be brought under the authority of the cross by taking every thought captive and replacing Satan’s…

“To give prudence to the naive,To the youth knowledge and discretion.”Proverbs 1:4 I wrote yesterday about not moving the ancient boundaries.  In order to keep those boundaries in place, you must know what those boundaries are.  I just watched “180” on youtube.  Ray Comfort interviews young people about their knowledge…

“…and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses.”  Sweet freedom!  Free from guilt and shame, from judgment and condemnation, from sin and separation.  Free from the bondage of the law!  Free to live as sons…

“”Therefore, humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God,   that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:6-7 When our kids were little there was a song by the singing Bible, Psalty, using this verse.  It still…