Joel talks about practical matters when it comes to reconciling this verse with our experience. The key is the good is Christ being formed in you.
Watchman Nee in the book the normal Christian life speaks of the process of growing in faith. He speaks of first knowing, then reckoning and then presenting ourselves. Paul looks at these verses using the book of Ruth as an example of understanding this.
Tim had a stroke that required recovery for a year. He talks about the lessons that he has learned in this process. It is a great encouragement to all.
This has to be our focus as we move forward in sharing the gospel and operating as the church
Tom takes a look at the book of Esther. He looks at it through the New Testament lens giving unique insights.
This is the teaching ministry and Beaver Valley Christian Fellowship on 3/6/22 this is by Bob Grieco Nehemiah chapter 4
Revelations chapter 21:3 “and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying “behold the tabernacle of God is among men, and he will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God himself will be among them.“ In this episode Paul Cooper gives spiritual impressions from the story of the rebuilding of the temple and particularly of the wall that Nehemiah built.
Tom Wright speaks from the book of Malachi chapter 1 about the Lord’s response to mediocre gifts and sacrifices. We are encouraged to give our best.
This is the first in a series on the book of Nehemiah. This will cover chapter 1 Nehemiah was used by God to rebuild the broken walls of Jerusalem many years ago. This has implications for the church today. What would broken walls mean spiritual sense? Find out
Understanding baptism is foundational to the Christian life. It is the door through which we enter the Christian community.
A very thorough examination of forgiveness in the Scriptures and in our lives living with one another.
So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name. And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. ¶Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food. And the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables. “But select from among you, brethren, seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task. “But we will devote ourselves to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.” And the statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch. And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them. ¶And the word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith. ¶And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen. And yet they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.” And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came upon him and dragged him away, and brought him before the Council. And they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man incessantly speaks against this holy place, and the Law; for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us.” And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel. ¶And the high priest said, “Are these things so?” ¶And he said, “Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, (Acts 5:41–7:2 NASB) https://accordance.bible/link/read/NASB#Acts_5:41