January 2021

Jesus was not finished making His point. Read in Mark 10:40-43 He continues unfolding truth to James and John. “But to sit on My right hand and on My left is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it is prepared.” Even though they agreed to pay the price for it, […]

Read Mark 10:35-40- This drama continues to play out among the twelve, and it has continuing to play out among believers today all because we fail to fully believe that we are accepted into a new family and as such we have individual assignments. This passage is about James and John. There were three among

Read Mark 9:33-37 we have the same issue being worked out among the twelve. We are told in Ephesians that in this new Family we have been accepted. How about you and me? Can we accept what the Lord says to us about who He has made us in His Family? The first principle is

Read Matthew 18:1-5 -The twelve were always fighting among themselves over who was the greatest in the kingdom. They had relational issues and perhaps the root of some of their problems was over the issue of rejection. Past experiences can be a major impediment to accepting the truth of the Word. Their need for approval

Ephesians 1:6 says, “To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.” Number five is that we are accepted. We are chosen, we are holy, we are without blame and we are adopted into His Family and this Family choses to accept us. If we experienced

Ephesians 1:5- “Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.” Number four is the glorious truth that we are adopted into God’s Family. God Himself has made us family through Christ. We are chosen, we are holy, we are without blame and we

Ephesians 1:4 says, “Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love…” This same verse outlines a third impartation that God does for us. Being without blame is the issue of having faith in being guiltless in your conscience.

Ephesians 1:4 says, “Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love…” Because God chose us for family, He begins to impart to us the nature of His family. The first offer God made to Israel through Moses after

Ephesians 1:4, “Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation…” The very first thing that we need to understand that God has done for us is the fact that we are chosen. We are not rejected. We are chosen by God, chosen by Him to be part of His family. This verse is

Ephesians 1:3. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” That is a scripture we have to choose to accept and choose to believe! Out of that statement unfolds ten major points, nine of which are preparatory, and, by