Bear Fruit!

For God.

We all who believe have been set free and thus we are told in the book of the Romans, that our purpose is to bear fruit for our Father.

But in this context Paul is not writing in relation directly to winning souls, but to that of improving our character, that we are more Holy towards God and able to cope with the hostility that is around us.

We are precious to God and He wants the best for us, since we would be enabled to not get angry or slack in our service to Him, we would be stronger to counter the silly arguments at times the world try to throw at us?

Romans 7:11, (6:22), 2 Corinthians 10:5, Galatians 5:22, Ephesians 5:9.

LOVE!

The Bible is a book that is full of Love!

We may tend to think that the love of God is limited to a few verses in the New Testament and that all is related to Jesus, but this is not so because God expresses His love for those who have faith in Him and for His people Israel long before the coming of Messiah and the establishment of Ekklesia!

John 3:16. Remains controversial only by those who remain limited in their Biblical knowledge and study or who have been blinkered by the veil of replacement theology?

But the Holy Scriptures are full of God’s love and it would take a long time to cover every area, so one has been limited and once more has provided as bases from where you can work from!

Exodus 15:3, Deuteronomy 4:37, 7:8, Luke 6:27, John 16:27, Galatians 2:20, Revelation 3:15.

Stephen!

The cost for loving Jesus?

Most of us will never have to face death for our faith in God, but many do around the world and more so during Christmas and Easter from deceived and sick people who fail to grasp the truth even about their own religions or atheism!

Many of us do face some form of intimidation, insult and attack from the world daily and it is hard at times to love these idiotic nasty people?

We can be attacked even in fellowship by our so called brothers and sisters, out of spite and jealousy, arguments boil over nothing and can lead to bitter roots something we are warned not to allow in our selves!

Stephen loved Jesus and spoke truth’s that the world could not excuse or hide from, very much as the religious men of Israel denied their Messiah, because He did not meet their standard!

This is a warning to us, that we have to try to reach His standards, knowing that we will fail and that love is one of many elements that make up the character of the Godhead under grace?

Acts 7:1-8:1, Romans 3:25, 2 Corinthians 2:7, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:13, 1 John 1:9.

We hope that you can enjoy the Christmas season, even if you are isolated and that you will have a peaceful New Year?

The Lords Prayer!

A base from which to build Upon?

Not many believers realize that this prayer is the building block or foundation to build upon and they continue with it more or less in a childish way?

But for us believers it is a base that we can build on and be kept on the straight and narrow for the rest of our lives!

Despite the controversial ending that is disputed and not found in any of the Greek original texts, it still remains a invaluable prayer for both the young and old!

‘Our Father in Heaven…… For thy Kingdom Come!

Matthew 6:9-10, Luke 11:2.