“Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.” (1 Peter 5:7) Psalm 56:3 says, “When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee.” Notice: it does not say, “I never struggle with fear.” Fear strikes, and the battle begins. So the Bible does not assume that true believers will have no anxieties. Instead […]
What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I shall lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I shall pay my vows to the Lord. (Psalm 116:12–14) What keeps the paying of vows free from the dangers of being treated like a debt payment is […]
00Philip Holderhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngPhilip Holder2015-09-17 03:31:422015-09-17 03:31:42HOW TO REPAY GOD
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” (Romans 8:35) This is the third thing to notice in Romans 8:35. 3. This omnipotent, effective, protecting love does not spare us from calamities in this life, but brings us safe to everlasting joy […]
00Philip Holderhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngPhilip Holder2015-09-15 04:23:542015-09-15 04:23:54PRESENT AND POWERFUL LOVE PT. 3
HOW TO FIGHT ANXEITY
/in Steadfast Hope“Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you.” (1 Peter 5:7) Psalm 56:3 says, “When I am afraid, I put my trust in thee.” Notice: it does not say, “I never struggle with fear.” Fear strikes, and the battle begins. So the Bible does not assume that true believers will have no anxieties. Instead […]
HOW TO REPAY GOD
/in Discipleship, Steadfast HopeWhat shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I shall lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. I shall pay my vows to the Lord. (Psalm 116:12–14) What keeps the paying of vows free from the dangers of being treated like a debt payment is […]
PRESENT AND POWERFUL LOVE PT. 3
/in Steadfast Hope“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” (Romans 8:35) This is the third thing to notice in Romans 8:35. 3. This omnipotent, effective, protecting love does not spare us from calamities in this life, but brings us safe to everlasting joy […]