Holy Week – Day 7: New Life
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. -Galatians 2:20 How are we supposed to view our present life of faith? This passage tells us to look at our present lives as servants of the Lord Jesus. Just as Jesus was crucified, dead, and buried, and then raised to new life,
Holy Week – Day 6: Good Friday – What’s Good About It?
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. -Isaiah 53:5–6 Our human minds can’t even begin to grasp the enormity of the price Jesus paid for us on the cross. If we did,
Holy Week – Day 4: Aged to Perfection
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! -2 Corinthians 5:17 What is one of the main themes that keeps recurring in the faiths and literature of the world? What is that longing in the human heart that never goes away regardless of the time or place? It’s the desire that the old, the worn out, and the temporary pass away and the new, the fresh, and the lasting appear! This is what
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 100 – A New Day
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. -Ephesians 3:20-21 Do you ever wonder how you can get anything done for God in this world where evil is thriving and no one is listening or caring about what you may have to offer? Dr. Snyder
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 99 – The Final Chapter
by TJ Bates "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." -Revelation 21:4 This verse is filled with so much hope—nor more death, or pain or sorrow. Just imagine God wiping away our tears! Paradise restored, and as Dr. Snyder says, it is restored "in a similar but far greater way at the end." He calls this "the perfect conclusion to the
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 98 – Joy
by TJ Bates If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. -John 15:10-11 When I sing one of the many hymns or praise songs that have been written about God's joy and love, I can't help but feel joyful. But how do I capture his true joy
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 97 – Our Growing Faith
by TJ Bates Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. -Psalm 46:10 My prayer is that your faith has been growing, as has mine, through Dr. Snyder's comments on the passages we read each day and through our time in prayer together. Now, let's see what Dr. Snyder has to say about our growing faith. "The psalmist's words are an echo of those of Moses when he stood near
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 96 – By His Spirit
by TJ Bates "Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit," says the Lord Almighty. -Zechariah 4:6 When we celebrate the miracle of Christ's Resurrection, this verse is a good reminder of how God's work is accomplished. "Countless preachers and missionaries have launched their ministries with this passage as their life theme. It's pretty straightforward. God tells his people through the prophet Zechariah that if they're going to accomplish anything in his name, it will be not on their own
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 95 – The Main Plot
by TJ Bates via Theology Mix In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment--to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one
Your 100 Day Prayer: Day 94 – Forget About the Past
by TJ Bates Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. -Isaiah 43:18-19 I'll be the first to admit there are times I struggle not to dwell on the past and all the mistakes I made and what might have been if
