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VOW Deuteronomy 1:19

Posted by: Jeff Mom on Mar 29, 2011

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Read Deuteronomy 11:19  in context, copy it on a 3x5 card, & review the verse every day.

Deuteronomy 11:19   And you shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up.   Deuteronomy 11:19

This verse refers to THEM.  Refer back to Deuteronomy 11:1... You shall therefore love the Lord your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.            

Review Deuteronomy 11:19 every day (multiple times), meditate on it/think on it/PRAY through it.

Review  Proverbs 1:5-6 every day.

Review James 1:5 Monday, Wednesday, & Friday.

Review  1 Timothy 6:12 Tuesday, and Thursday.

 Review Romans 8: 1-2 Saturday and Sunday #1.

Review  James 1:2-4 Saturday and Sunday #2.

Review 1 Kings 2:2  Saturday and Sunday #3.

Review  John 15:4 Saturday and Sunday #4.

 

Review occasionally: Ephesians 5:18, 2 Corinthians 5:17,  Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23,  Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:13

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Per Pastor Mikes E-mail-One must be more passionate to obey God, than to avoid sin." Bonhoeffer

Posted by: Willie Nearn Jr. on Mar 25, 2011

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Willie Nearn Jr.

Very true pastor Mike, We should be passionate to obey God!

This is well pleasing in his sight!

I.    It is not in the offering of a sacrifice that God today finds pleasure, but in the       goodness of those things which proceed from the hearts of His people.

              Psalms 40:6; 69:30, 31
              Micah 6:6-8
              Mark 12:33, 34
              Hebrews 10:6, 8

 

II.   In all things, it is the life of Jesus that remains our pattern for perfection (or, maturity).

              Mark 8:34 ("Come ... follow Me ...")
              1 Peter 2:21
              1 John 2:6

       A.   The life of Jesus was declared "pleasing" in the sight of God by the Father Himself.

                    Matthew 3:7; 17:5

       B.   Likewise, Enoch (among others) also "had this testimony, that he pleased God."

                    Hebrews 11:5 (See also Genesis 5:22-24.)

       C.   We must seek to please not man but God.

                    John 5:41, 44
                   Ephesians 6:6
                   Colossians 3:22

      D.    It is by the working of the Holy Spirit, not our own efforts, that our
              lives are made "well-pleasing in His sight."

                   Philippians 2:13
                   Hebrews 13:21

 

III.  What pleases God?

        A.   A humble heart.

                    Psalms 51:16, 17
                    Micah 6:6-8

        B.   Obedience; righteousness.

                    1 Samuel 15:22
                    Deuteronomy 10:12, 13
                    Psalms 4:5; 51:19
                    Malachi 3:3, 4

       C.   Faith.

                    John 6:28, 29
                    Hebrews 11:6

       D.   Thanksgiving and praise.

                    Psalms 27:6; 50:14; 69:30, 31; 107:22; 116:17; 119:108
                    Jeremiah 17:26; 33:11
                    Hosea 14:2
                    Jonah 2:9
                    Hebrews 13:15

      E.   The knowledge of God.

                    Hosea 6:6 (Matthew 9:13; 12:7)
                    Colossians 1:10

      F.   Love toward God; the fear of the Lord.

                    Deuteronomy 10:12, 13
                    Psalms 147:11

       G.   Holiness (separation unto Him).

                    Romans 8:8; 12:12
                    2 Timothy 2:4

       H.   A surrendered life.

                   Luke 22:42 (Mark 14:36)
                   John 8:29
                   Hebrews 10:6, 7 (Psalms 40:6-8)

       I.   Justice; doing good.

                    Proverbs 21:3
                    Micah 6:6-8
                    Hebrews 13:16

       J.   Patience.

                    1 Peter 2:19, 20

 

IV.   Pleasing God involves more than the avoidance of "serious sin."         Failure to abide by some of the most basic principles of the kingdom         will grieve the Spirit of God.

       A.   Lack of endurance.

                    1 Corinthians 10:5
                    Hebrews 10:38

       B.   Unbelief.

                    Hebrews 11:6

 

V.   It is not merely in the things we do that God takes delight (see Section        I-2 above), but in us His people (Isaiah 62:4, 5, margin). It was for His        pleasure that we were created (Psalms 149:4a; Revelation 4:11).

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VOW Proverbs 1:5-6

Posted by: Jeff Mom on Mar 18, 2011

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Read Proverbs 1:5-6  in context, copy it on a 3x5 card, & review the verse every day.

Proverbs 1:5-6   A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel, to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.   Proverbs 1:5-6

The reason I chose this verse is because in reading this, the rest of Proverbs 1:6 makes sense.   The part of speech that is missing from the other verses is the verb.  Verse 5 provides the action words - hear, increase, acquire.

The next verse is cool.... The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Review Proverbs 1:5-6 every day (multiple times), meditate on it/think on it/PRAY through it.

Review James 1:5 every day.

Review 1 Timothy 6:12 Monday, Wednesday, & Friday.

Review  Romans 8: 1-2 Tuesday, and Thursday.

 Review James 1:2-4 Saturday and Sunday #1.

Review  1 Kings 2:2 Saturday and Sunday #2.

Review  John 15:4 Saturday and Sunday #3.

Review  Ephesians 5:18 Saturday and Sunday #4.

 

Review occasionally: 2 Corinthians 5:17,  Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23,  Romans 10:9-10, Romans 10:13

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A Resurrection Covenant

Posted by: Anthony D. Carter on Mar 13, 2011

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"I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes…This cup is the new covenant in My blood." (Luke 22:18, 20)

Just as the new covenant of grace is a covenant of the Spirit; it is also a covenant of resurrection. When the grace of God is allowed to work in us, God applies the resurrection of Christ to our lives. This gracious work gives us access to the eternal life of our risen, triumphant, living Lord Jesus.

The Scriptures indicate in many ways that the resurrection is woven deeply into the fabric of living by grace. When Jesus was instituting the Lord's Supper (at His last Passover), He was but hours away from His impending death upon the cross. Yet, He indicated that He would again celebrate with them this memorial meal of salvation. "I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." This would only be possible by a subsequent resurrection. This reference to His resurrection was made in conjunction with remarks about the new covenant. "This cup is the new covenant in My blood." The resurrection is here linked with the new covenant of grace.

Soon after this statement regarding His resurrection, Jesus would be crucified. Three days later, the resurrection would be a reality. When some of the women came to the tomb with spices and oils, angelic beings announced the victorious truth. "He is not here, but is risen!" (Luke 24:6). The resurrection was forever an accomplished fact of history. The resurrection powerfully proved that Jesus was the Son of God: "Declared to be the Son of God with power…by the resurrection from the dead." Jesus' sacrifice for sin was accepted by the Father. "And He Himself is the propitiation [satisfactory payment] for our sins" (1 John 2:2). Now, God's grace could be poured out on all who would believe in the Lord Jesus.

Fifty days after the crucifixion (on the day of Pentecost), the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the followers of Christ. Empowered by His Spirit, the early church began to live in the power of the resurrection, proclaiming boldly the eternally ordained resurrection victory of their Lord. "Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, and put to death; whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it" (Acts 2:23-24).

Lord God of resurrection, I praise You for the resurrection of Your Son, Jesus, my Savior. Lord Jesus, I greatly anticipate celebrating the Lord's Supper with You some day in the full reality of Your kingdom. Meanwhile, please work in my life the richness of Your grace, secured by Your sacrificial death and resurrection victory. In Your mighty name, I pray, Amen.

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VOW Proverbs 1:5

Posted by: Jeff Mom on Mar 6, 2011

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Read Proverbs 1:5  in context, copy it on a 3x5 card, & review the verse every day.

Proverbs 1:5   A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel.   Proverbs 1:5

The reason I chose this verse is because in reading this, the rest of Proverbs 1:6 makes sense.   The part of speech that is missing from the other verses is the verb.  Verse 5 provides the action words - hear, increase, acquire.

Review Proverbs 1:5 every day (multiple times), meditate on it/think on it/PRAY through it.

Review James 1:5 every day.

Review 1 Timothy 6:12 Monday, Wednesday, & Friday.

Review  Romans 8: 1-2 Tuesday, and Thursday.

 Review James 1:2-4 Saturday and Sunday #1.

Review  1 Kings 2:2 Saturday and Sunday #2.

Review  John 15:4 Saturday and Sunday #3.

Review  Ephesians 5:18 Saturday and Sunday #4.

 

Review occasionally: 2 Corinthians 5:17,  Romans 10:13, Romans 10:9-10, Romans 6:23, Romans 3:23

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