Arise, Shine!

"It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." - 2 Thessalonians 2:14

The Word of commands those alive at the end of the age to be fearless in the face of darkness! Speaking through the prophet Isaiah, the Spirit of the Lord orders His people:

Arise, shine; for your light has come,

And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

For behold,...

"Therefore when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. And He said, 'Where have you laid him?' They said to Him, 'Lord, come and see.' Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, 'See how He loved him!" John 11:33-36

Whatever else you may be battling, however, you are hurting, imagine Jesus weeping a tear over you, with you, though not a tear of final mourning, but a tear of love and life that speaks of His resurrection...

My goodness, it's not just the temperatures that are hot in my home state of Texas. We've also got too much dry vegetation going on, and that means wildfires.

The Texas Wildfire Map online just shows too many locations with acreage that's burning. It doesn't really take much right now to start a fire, and you'd best hope that it doesn't spread quickly. Many prayers need to be going out, first and foremost, to our first responders who are working diligently...

God has a life for you that has been birthed right out of the atmosphere of Heaven. It holds your Christ identity and PURPOSE and is the key to walking in the same measure that Jesus walked in. It's not about being special or called out more than anyone else. It's a matter of how you utilize your identity and the power of the Gospel.

Do we know who we are? Proverbs says, "As a man thinks, so he is."

WHO DO YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE?

Do we see ourselves...

When a person believes in Christ, then they are permanently a believer in Christ.

I asked if the teaching pastor believes in faith alone and he said that he does. This is good. He said that faith is not just a prayer, I agree with that. Faith is a person’s belief, it’s not specifically “The Sinner’s Prayer” that saves us, but rather, our faith alone in Christ.

In terms of the Bible tracts themselves, he did not give a specific reply. Still, I believe...