by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Attributes of God, Faith, Salvation, Sanctification
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) One of the clearest evidences of a renewed heart is a growing love for holiness. It is easy to love Scriptures that comfort, encourage, or reassure while disregarding those...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Church, Faith, Jesus Christ, Law of God, Man's Nature, Salvation, Sanctification
“For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Sanctification
“And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.” (Revelation 2:21) The patience of God toward sinners is one of the gracious displays of His goodness in that He does not always execute judgment immediately but rather gives space...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Godly Meditation, Jesus Christ, Prayer, Quiet Time, Sanctification, Worship
“The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.” (Lamentations 3:25) As this verse in Lamentations tells us, the goodness of God is often experienced when we patiently wait before Him, seeking and worshiping Him. Still, the...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Almighty God, Attributes of God, Covenant, Faith, Jesus Christ, Salvation, Sanctification, Son of God
“And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto You, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon You: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.” (Isaiah 30:18) When God chooses to delay His...
by Adoring God | Jan 1, 2019 | Covenant, Faith, Sanctification
“Remembering without ceasing Your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father.” (1 Thessalonians 1:3) Paul’s thanksgiving for the Thessalonians was based in the overwhelming evidence...