Beware of the pleasant view of the fatherhood of God: God is so kind and loving that of course He will forgive us. That thought, based solely on emotion, cannot be found anywhere in the New Testament. The only basis on which God can forgive us is the tremendous tragedy of the Cross of Christ.
Read MoreIn the morning, when you awake, and begin to jump into your day , while you are eating breakfast, brushing your teeth or maybe just in a still moment, say this aloud:
“I believe this is going to be a wonderful day.
I believe I can successfully handle all problems that will arise today.
I feel good physically, mentally, emotionally.
It is wonderful to be alive. I am grateful for all that I have had, for all that I now have, and for all that I shall have.
Things aren’t going to fall apart.
God is here and He is with me and He will see me through.
I thank God for every good thing.”
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Read MoreBeware of seeing yourself through other people’s eyes. There are several dangers to this practice. First of all, it is nearly impossible to discern what others think of you. Moreover, their views of you are variable: subject to each viewer’s spiritual, emotional, and physical condition. The major problem with letting others define you is that it borders on idolatry.
Read More"Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in." Psalms 24:7
Who is this King of glory? He is the LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory who rules over all creation with His heavenly armies.
Journey’s new art work, The King of Glory, hand-painted by co-founder, Sharon Peterson, is an impressionistic representation of what started as a uplifted crown of glory that transformed into a mirrored crown of thorns.
Read MoreA hand-clinching prelude into the gripping entrance of Journey’s current teaching, #idleonidols , exposes the truth of a calloused heart becoming a storehouse for the very things that Christ abhors. Chasing replacements for Christ in a world full of counterfeits is a dangerous trap from Satan to pull us in and away from God by keeping us spiritually idle.
Read More“Hold fast what you have, that no one may take your crown.”
Revelation 3:10-11 NKJV
What does it mean to hold fast? And what is Jesus asking us to hold fast to? Both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible heavily use this term to express the utmost gravity of its meaning.
Hold fast, in its literary meaning, implies to hold on, and tightly to; remain in. In relation to the Bible, the physical meaning is suppressed more so by the spiritual state, no longer having bodily representation, in which holding fast exalts the human spirit to endure beyond its physical condition.
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