#wordifgod

[voiceofactivist]

IF IT WASN’T FOR GOD SOME OF US WOULDN’T ALIVE ..... Posted #foc #wordifgod #god #encouragement #friendzofculture #sdwjr @withregram • @husbandismybestfriend https://www.instagram.com/p/CFGAalcnMXT/?igshid=atnjpergghci

[brighteyedandbravehearted-blog]

Museum of the Bible round 3! Still awesome. Definitely recommend! #museumofthebible #wordifgod (at Museum of the Bible)

[thetonycross]

We as a church are “in” a Father and “in” a Lord. What does that mean? The word “Father” implies primarily care and sustaining and protection and provision and discipline. So, to be “in” the Father would mean mainly to be in his care and under his protection. The other designation is Lord: We are in the Lord Jesus Christ. The word “Lord” implies primarily authority and leadership and ownership. So, to be “in” the Lord means mainly to be in his charge, under his authority, and in his possession. So, Paul greets the Thessalonian church in such a way as to remind them that they are a family (in the care of a Father) and that they are servants (in the charge of a Lord). These two descriptions of God as Father and Lord, and thus of the church as family and servants, corresponds to two of our deepest needs. The two needs that every one of us has are the need for rescue and help, and the need for purpose and meaning. We need a heavenly Father to pity us and rescue us from sin and misery. We need his help at every step of the way because we are so weak and vulnerable. But we also need a heavenly Lord to guide us in life and tell us what is wise and give us a great and meaningful charge to fulfill. We don’t just want to be safe in the care of a Father. We want a glorious cause to live for. We want a merciful Father to be our Protector, and we want an omnipotent Lord to be our Champion and our Commander and our Leader. So, when Paul says in verse 1: You are the church “in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,” we can take rest and help from one and take courage and meaning from the other. From “Suffering and the Second Coming” copied and shared via #solidjoys by #desiringgod #wearethechurch #holyspirit #inchrist #goodfather #godourfather #christalone #trilife #halfmarathontraining #halfironmantraining2017 #wordifgod #ourprotector #oursustainer #tridadio ##triathlon #running

[thetonycross]

Never reduce Christianity to a matter of demands and resolutions and willpower. It is a matter of what we love, what we delight in, what tastes good to us. When Jesus came into the world, humanity was split according to what they loved. “The light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light” (John 3:19). The righteous and the wicked are separated by what they delight in — the revelation of God or the way of the world. But someone may ask: How can I come to delight in the word of God? My answer would be twofold: 1) pray for new tastebuds on the tongue of your heart; 2) meditate on the staggering promises of God to his people. The same psalmist who said, “How sweet are your words to my taste” (Psalm 119:103), said earlier, “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law” (Psalm 119:18). He prayed, because to have holy tastebuds on the tongue of the heart is a gift of God. No man naturally hungers for and delights in God’s wisdom. But when you have prayed, indeed while you pray, meditate on the benefits God promises to his people and on the joy of having almighty God as your helper now and eternal hope. Who would not delight to read a book, the reading of which would change one from chaff to a cedar of Lebanon, from a Texas dust bowl to a Hawaiian orchard? Nobody deep down wants to be chaff — rootless, weightless, useless. All of us want to draw strength from some deep river of reality and become fruitful, useful people. That river of reality is the word of God, and all the great saints have been made great by it. From “Delighting in the Law of God” copied & shared via #solidjoys by #desiringgod #godsword #meditateongodsword #delightinginthelord #wordifgod #bible #infalliblewordofgod #treasureGodsword #readthebible #compass #halfmarathontraining #halfironmantraining2017 #tridadio #cycling #triathlon #instarunners #running

[rbrlivestudio1991]

Guess who made it to 7:30 service!!!!!! @pastorandywocc #yes #wordfromtheOriginalThompson #WordifGod #RealPower #dropthewalls #myjericoWillFall (at Jubilee Christian Church Boston)