The following is a reprint of an article found at The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Your Church and the Same-Sex Marriage Decisions By Russell Moore (posted with permission from the author) The Supreme Court has ruled on the much-awaited decisions on same-sex marriage. How should your church respond? The first way is by recognizing… Continue reading Your Church and the Same-Sex Marriage Decisions
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If You Abide, Day 16
Key Scripture: John 15:7. “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. Key Idea: Here is the difference between the branch of the natural and the branch of the spiritual Vine. The former abides by force of nature: the… Continue reading If You Abide, Day 16
Grace: Source of Blessing and Curses.
God is good. He has a plan. Maybe Abram didn’t fully know what it was to be, but he knew that God was about to use him, and bless him in a big way. I like the way it appears in the original Hebrew grammar. Using double words to show the emphasis on the actions that Abram is to do, and the actions that God will do.
Just because a power is within our ability, doesn’t mean we have to act that way. Show grace and choose to not curse others. God’s preference is to be a blessing to all the wworld, keep his preference and keep extending grace and blessing to others.