Philippians 4:6-7, "do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." This passage reminds us that prayer is partly about asking God, as … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Prayer Pursued, pt6
Category: Devotions
Psalm 131:1-3, "O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Prayer Pursued, pt4
Psalm 104:33-34, "I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord." Perhaps you experience times when you feel an internal struggle in worship. You might rather be doing something … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Prayer Pursued, pt3
Romans 8:26-27, "Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Prayer Pursued, pt2
Matthew 7:5-8, "“And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Prayer Pursued, pt1
Romans 10:9-10, "...if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved." Dead in our sins, physical change and intellectual growth … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Local Outreach, pt4
Romans 1:16-17, "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”" We … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Local Outreach, pt3
1 Peter 4:1-2, "Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God." This passage … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Local Outreach, pt2
Matthew 28:19-20 "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”" Evangelism is more than a set … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Local Outreach, pt1
Romans 6:8-11 "Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Growing By Grace, pt8
2 Thessalonians 2:13-15, "But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Growing by Grace, pt7
Before the pandemic, we complained about a fast-paced lifestyle that made it difficult for us to have family devotion. However, even in the midst of this pandemic, we found other means of busy and still managed to avoid the discipline of family devotion. So the question is, can we do it? Can we manage ongoing … Continue reading On Devotion
Hebrews 3:13, "...exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin." Jerry Bridges once said that sin, no matter the level of earthly consequence, is deceitful and hardens our hearts. This calls for a watchfulness of our lives, but also … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Growing By Grace, pt6
2 Corinthians 5:17, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” There is a danger in believing that once we have become followers of Christ, the necessary change has taken place and we have no further role to participate in. Yes, we … Continue reading A Brief Devotion: Growing By Grace, pt5
As we had our AGM this week, Cobus Bezuidenhout led our devotion. Here is the audio: Philippians 3:7-11
