Prayer
Praying for the Lost
God’s Prayer List
I often wonder what I should pray for with so many possibilities. What if we knew God’s prayer list? Three other questions. How do we reconcile man’s free will and God’s sovereignty? Isn’t God going to do whatever He wants? Can my prayers shift peoples’ free will toward God’s plan? Even though we don’t have…
Implementing a Larger Vision of the Church (Insights in NT)
Jesus used on-the-job training in equipping His disciples as they served in the world. This became a starting point for implementing a larger vision of the church studied earlier in Eph. 1-3. Eph. 4-6 instructs how to implement the church’s larger vision by equipping believers for works of service and teaching the truth of Christ…
Developing a Larger Vision for the Church (Insights in NT)
“The basic problem of the Christians in this country in the last eighty years or so, in regard to society and in regard to government, is that they have seen things in bits and pieces instead of totals” (Francis Schaeffer). Most of us envision the church as a building with programs to meet the needs…
Put on God’s Armor to Be Skilled in Your Work (Insights in Prophets)
The book of Ephesians gives a roadmap on how to fight the spiritual battle with the armor of God: 1. Father (Spiritual Blessings): Eph. 1:3-19 2. Jesus (Jesus’ Authority at Right Hand of God): Eph. 1:18-22 3. Church (Seated with Jesus): Eph. 2:6-10 4. Principalities and Powers (Grace Witness of Defeat): …