God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is--his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 NIV The Bible has taught us so much about the fact that we to be... Continue Reading →
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God--this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12: 1 NIV We hear of offering ourselves to God, and often run out to perform a host of actions and declarations to convince the world... Continue Reading →
Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out! Romans 11:33 NIV When the awareness of God overcomes an individual, there comes an overwhelming sense of awe! Anyone who has ever been swept over with this realization from above, anyone who... Continue Reading →
For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. Romans 11:32 NIV Every person from every age is bound to something. We may not realize it. Some may never care to look and take note of what that thing really is. We are bound to a... Continue Reading →
And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. Romans 11:23 NIV Tears have always been cried over those who found God, but then lost the love of God in them. When a person comes to believe, there is still the danger... Continue Reading →
Granted. But they were broken off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid. Romans 11:20 NIV The very branches that were supposed to feed directly from God were cut from their privileged place. Now we have found ourselves this joy of receiving from Christ all the... Continue Reading →
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? Romans 11:15 NIV Tediously Paul teaches how the very people of God lost their position of favor with the Lord and it has become available to everyone else who would seek that favor. We should... Continue Reading →
as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day." Romans 11:8 NIV If we can be moved to honesty, we can detect deep a struggle within to let God into every corner of our... Continue Reading →
So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. Romans 11:5 NIV There is much talk about the remnant of the Lord. Prophet and Scripture teach of a select few who are chosen by God. One group would like to call themselves the special ones. The next group, with completely different... Continue Reading →
But concerning Israel he says, "All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people." Romans 10:21 NIV Israel was God´s chosen people. He made His Presence known through them. Mighty works He performed for them so that mankind would have a people to testify of Him. The chosen could... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 