Coming out of a dark place, coming into the spacious place of God’s love

"When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place" (Psalm 118:5). What does this mean: a spacious place? When everything seems to be closing in on us, when it seems like we have nowhere to turn, the Lord draws near to us. He assures us that he is with us. When …

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God’s love for us, our love for God, our love for one another

"Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”" (Matthew 22:37-40). What is love? Can we …

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Glorifying Jesus – this is the great ministry of the Holy Spirit.

"He (the Holy Spirit) will glorify Me because it is from Me that He will receive what He will make known to you" (John 16:14). Glorifying Jesus - this is the great ministry of the Holy Spirit. Living in the power of the Holy Spirit, we become more like Jesus. Let us never seek a …

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As we learn to love and serve the Lord, may we learn to trust his precious promise, “I am with you always.”

You are fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:19-20). Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17, New |King James Version). Faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the preaching …

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