Developing Spiritual Grit part 1
I have, over the past couple of years, become interested in mental toughness. I listen to podcasts and read books by Navy …
Living sacrifice: All that you are
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you …
Living sacrifice: Presenting your heart
Matthew 19:21-22 Jesus said to him, “If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you …
Living sacrifice: Presenting your feet
Proverbs 16:9 The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps. Have you ever thought you knew what you were supposed …
Living sacrifice: Presenting your hands
We can spend our time doing selfish things or on things that matter. Where are you spending your most valuable assets?
Living sacrifice: Presenting your mouth
A transformed heart leads to words that build up, not destroy, encourage, not hurt, praise God, not defame Him.
Living sacrifice: Presenting your mind
If we’re followers of Jesus, we use our bodies to make Christ known. That’s why we sacrifice what we are.
Living sacrifices
Romans 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and …
Falling from grace
Galatians 5:1-6 For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, …
New Law or Gospel Freedom?
Colossians 2:20-23 If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the …
May we grow to maturity
Ephesians 4:13-14 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature …
Who are you?
Ephesians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in …
Romans: Sharing with Christ
Romans 8:17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ,provided we suffer with him in order that we may also …
Romans: Flesh is Death
Romans 8:6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life …
Romans: Live According to the Spirit
Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who …
Romans: Power Over Sin
Romans 8:3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in …
The joy of pain
James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith …
Death
Ordo Salutis Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. What comes next? Sanctification is the …
Perseverence
Ordo Salutis Philippians 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it …
Sanctification
Ordo Salutis Hebrews 2:10-11 For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons …
Preparing for glory
2 Corinthians 4:17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, From the day we’re …
Afflicted, but victorious
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not …
Jars of clay
2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and …
The light of the gospel
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light …
From one degree of glory to another
2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image …