Are you still having trouble seeing yourself as an enemy of God? Can I suggest why that might be for some of us? As P. Don talked about at the retreat we just had, we put on our coat of religion and we deceive ourselves into thinking that we are not that bad.
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Rom 5: Enemies Loving Our Enemies (Part 2 of 5)
Do you consider yourself an enemy of God? We know we are all sinners, but an enemy? That’s kind of harsh, isn’t it? We never hurt anyone. We don’t even have any human enemies, how can we be an enemy of God? We’re all relatively nice. We grew up in nice homes. We have nice […]
Rom 5: Enemies Loving Our Enemies (Part 1 of 5)
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: Victory Versus Defeat
The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways….The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. (Deuteronomy […]
A Practical Guide to a Day of Solitude
If you’re new to taking an entire day alone with God, experiment with this guide (adapted from John Ortberg): Evening Before: Prepare your heart and get a good night of sleep. Ortberg and others have been heard to say, “Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is sleep.” Morning Of: Limit your exposure to […]
I Need Jesus Every Day, Every Moment (Part 3 of 6)
For highly religious people like these Jewish Christians, they obeyed what they were good at. So they were good at regular attendance to the temple. They were good at tithing and giving the first fruits. They were good at knowing and memorizing Scripture. They were good at public prayer. They were good at fasting and […]