Love and prayer makes it possible
... alone, and also woke up at dawn to pray alone – “One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God - Lk. 6:12 (NIV). He prayed during his baptism (Lk. 3:21) ...
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Even death succumbs
... to consider the truth of the Gospel. It beckons us to contemplate the significance of Jesus's resurrection and its implications for our lives, since "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into ...
Death before life
... by burial in water - baptism. After one is raised up out of the water, one is said to have been raised up from the dead with Christ to live in newness of life (Romans 6:4).
Death before life, then life ...
Still New?
... “new creation”. We came into Christ by believing that He is the Son of God (Acts 8:37; Mark 16:15-16), dying with Him through baptism (Rom. 6:3-5) which gives us a new birth (John 3:3-5). Through this, ...
In Christ alone is salvation
... the person I am following?
If you have not repented of your sins and offered yourself up for baptism into Christ, I am afraid the answer will be NO! Similarly, if you are a Christian who is not following ...
A Tender Heart
“Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes” (NKJV) 2 Kings 22:11
Continuing from the previous devotion (Receptive Heart), we have come to the ...
Who is willing to consecrate him/her self today to the Lord?
... but make a bold step of dedicating yourself to the Lord as well. Dedicate yourself through repentance, baptism and continue to study the word of God.
I believe the only sure way you can pass through ...
Walk with God
... cannot please or walk with God. Our walk with God begins with our willingness to reconcile our lives to Christ. Those who accept the gospel of Christ, repent, confess faith in Christ and allow for baptism. ...
Death before life
... by burial in water - baptism. After one is raised up out of the water, one is said to have been raised up from the dead with Christ to live in newness of life (Romans 6:4).
Death before life, then life ...
The Christian mindset – Spirit-controlled mind
... you have surrendered to this Saviour through baptism, you are no more under the bondage of sin. The Spirit that was given us on the day of redemption (Acts 2:38) is big enough to transform our mindset ...
The transforming ability of God's Wor
... 5:26, the Bible says that Christ is cleansing the church by “washing with water through the word.” The word of God provides great support as God washes us with Christ’s blood and with baptism.
Lastly, ...
Remember me
... changed from our old sinful ways and ready to accept the righteous way of our Lord Jesus. By this, we accept to be buried with Him in baptism and be raised from the dead into a new life (Colossians 2:12). ...
In Christ alone is salvation
... the person I am following?
If you have not repented of your sins and offered yourself up for baptism into Christ, I am afraid the answer will be NO! Similarly, if you are a Christian who is not following ...
When we fall short
... in baptism, it is not your unrighteousness that God sees, but it is the righteousness of Christ.
None of us are immune to sin. That is why God gives us His special promise in 1 John 1:9. It tells us ...
He keeps watch over you
... a new strength to do God’s work by giving your life to Christ in baptism.
Proverbs 24:5 RSV says “A wise man is mightier than a strong man and a man of knowledge than he who has strength”. Wow! No wonder ...
A Tender Heart
“Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes” (NKJV) 2 Kings 22:11
Continuing from the previous devotion (Receptive Heart), we have come to the ...
The windowpanes
... its beauty. This kept me thinking for some time about what the blood of Christ does for us. Right from the time when we give ourselves up for baptism and throughout our journey with Christ, His blood cleans ...
Still New?
... “new creation”. We came into Christ by believing that He is the Son of God (Acts 8:37; Mark 16:15-16), dying with Him through baptism (Rom. 6:3-5) which gives us a new birth (John 3:3-5). Through this, ...
The transforming ability of God's Wor
... 5:26, the Bible says that Christ is cleansing the church by “washing with water through the word.” The word of God provides great support as God washes us with Christ’s blood and with baptism.
Lastly, ...
He keeps watch over you
... a new strength to do God’s work by giving your life to Christ in baptism.
Proverbs 24:5 RSV says “A wise man is mightier than a strong man and a man of knowledge than he who has strength”. Wow! No wonder ...