Category Archives: The Cross
50 Days of Promises (18): Predestined
Ephesians 5:5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will I struggle with the balance between conviction and grace. Lately it feels like God wants me to be painfully aware of how short I … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (16): The Holy Spirit
Ephesians 1:11-14 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (15): Heirs With Christ
Romans 8:16-17 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (13): Part Two – Alive In Christ
1 Peter 2 2 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (13): Part One – Dead To Sin
Romans 6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (11): Set Free
John 8:31-32 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” I am … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (10): Eternal Victory
Revelations 21:7 7 The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. There are two types of promises, one in which God is the only one who acts on … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (7): Adoption to Sonship
Ephesians 1:3-6 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (5): Delivered From Darkness
Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son. For me this morning the most powerful aspect of this short but profoundly powerful verse is the tense, past tense; “has delivered”. … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (4): A Temple For The Holy Spirit
1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? Here the Apostle Paul is writing to the Church in Corinth, one of the … Continue reading
One Man's Journey of Redemption 