All the distractions. The enemy seemingly keeps us busy and distracted. The truth is, we choose to be busy and distracted. Repentance is required. Talking to myself here. 🙏🏼❤️
Amen that the grace of God prevails( wins) in Christ.Praise to the Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) and thank you❤ pastor John for sharing passion and desire for God or Jesus( John 1:1-2)and sharing faithfulness of Augustine in Christ too. I also love and desire God's words 😊❤ in Christ too in Christ. John 1:1-4( The Word😊❤ of Life😊❤) " 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard❤, which we have seen with our eyes❤, which we have looked at❤ and our hands❤ have touched❤- this we proclaim concerning the Word ❤of Life😊❤. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify😊❤ to it, and we proclaim❤😊 to you(😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤) the eternal life😊❤, which was with the Father( God( 😊100%❤), our Father in heaven in Christ) and has appeared to us❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. 3 We(😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤) proclaim❤😊 to you(😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤) what we have seen😊❤ and heard😊❤, ( how come or why?) so that you ❤also may have fellowship with us(😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤). And our fellowship is in the Father( God, our Father in heaven) and with his Son ( Jesus😊1st❤), Jesus Christ( 😊1st❤). 4 We ❤write❤ this to make❤ our( 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤) joy😊 complete( 100%❤😊)."( 1 John 1:1-4 Zondervan NIV Study Bible. All parenthesis parts and all symbols in Christ and for Christ Jesus (😊1st❤) in Christ. Amen to passion😊❤ in Christ and desire😊❤ for God of the Bible. Amen to passion in Jesus😊1st❤ for my joy 😊 in Christ overflow by God's grace( Ephesians 2:8😊❤) and 2 Corinthians 12:9. In Jesus'name, i pray for others' healing and their salvation by faith ( trust) in Jesus too. In God, we trust in Christ. In Jesus'name, i pray( Love❤ God and love❤ others too❤ in Christ). Amen.
Amen delight in God's words in Christ too. 1 John 1:5-2:14( Walking in the Light) 1 John 1:5-10 "5 This is the message we have heard from him and declared to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth( Jesus😊1st❤, John 14:6). 7 But if we walk in the light( God or Jesus), as he is in the light, we have fellowship❤ with one another❤, and the blood❤ of Jesus( 😊1st❤), his ( God's son( John 3:16❤)) Son, purified us from all sin. 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful😊❤ and just ❤😊 and will forgive❤ us our sins and purify❤ us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."( 1 John 1:5-10 Zondervan NIV Study Bible ). O God of the Bible, our people need You just as Nehemiah at His time in Ot and now in Nt, we also need you. May You be with us in Christ and protect us and help your people in need. May You help us and help rebuild your people not just the wall alone but people need the Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) they need You, God our Father in heaven. Jesus, our savior in Christ and the Holy Spirit our helper in Christ. Help us to love God and may whatever we do, we do it in You in Christ to love your people and may we have the heart❤ of Nehemiah too in Christ to care for His people. Nehemiah loves You and Your people too. So help us God. Restore lost souls back to You. Revive everyone for Your glory God of the Bible in Christ. In Jesus'name, i pray( Genesis 1:1; Nehemiah; Daniel 9:1-27, 1 John 4:18❤-19❤, help us rebuild our country in You and thank you for your protection too God. Psalms 23:1-6; and John 15:1-16:33, John 16:33❤😊, and Romans 8:28😊❤). Amen. I lift up the future before You God of the Bible and may You provide the way and God's provision and His protection and Your Faithfulness endures forever. In Jesus'name, i pray( Psalms 23:1-6❤, Psalms 139:1-24❤; John 13:34❤-35❤, John 14:6❤ and Romans 8:28❤😊, Romans 8:1-39, 28). Amen.
Yeah, who cares if people go to hell because God just doesn't want them? And if Christians don't have enough desire for God, I guess there's nothing they can do about that. We should pray that God perhaps changes his eternally predetermined counsel and draws them stronger. Seriously, it's all true that the freedom God has for us is about the freedom from bondage and the freedom to be who he originally intended us to be and so on. That part was described beautifully by Augustine. But it's a false dichotomy that our freedom to choose should be negated by that. There's no need for that Calvinist baggage. We are responsible for our choices, not because of some tortured logic but because they are really our choices. And just because you can't directly will yourself to have more desire for God, than you can still pray for it or strive towards it.
thank You Lord for helping us come to You! may we continue to delight in You!
That was a powerful teaching. Having Joy in Christ to triumph over and be set free from the bondage of sin.
Freedom is when we are so ravaged in the truth…..there is no choice left. 😮❤
All the distractions. The enemy seemingly keeps us busy and distracted. The truth is, we choose to be busy and distracted. Repentance is required. Talking to myself here. 🙏🏼❤️
The joy of thy salvation
Without blowing my own
Trumpet for all to see and hear!
Honnestly be able to cast your crown knowing He really did it all.
What a beautiful sermon❤ We so need this Joy in the Lord, it gives us strength when times are hard.
Augustine's words are spot on
Beautiful piece read by Augustine. Thank you!
Augustine had huge impact on me. Even the book by John Piper on Augustine, Calvin and Luther had profound influence on the sovereign joy in Christ.
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That was an excellent message. Thanks for encouraging and helpful sermon.
Amen that the grace of God prevails( wins) in Christ.Praise to the Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) and thank you❤ pastor John for sharing passion and desire for God or Jesus( John 1:1-2)and sharing faithfulness of Augustine in Christ too.
I also love and desire God's words 😊❤ in Christ too in Christ.
John 1:1-4( The Word😊❤ of Life😊❤)
" 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard❤, which we have seen with our eyes❤, which we have looked at❤ and our hands❤ have touched❤- this we proclaim concerning the Word ❤of Life😊❤.
2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify😊❤ to it, and we proclaim❤😊 to you(😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤) the eternal life😊❤,
which was with the Father( God( 😊100%❤), our Father in heaven in Christ) and has appeared to us❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.
3 We(😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤) proclaim❤😊 to you(😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤) what we have seen😊❤ and heard😊❤, ( how come or why?)
so that
you ❤also may have fellowship with us(😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤). And our fellowship is in the Father( God, our Father in heaven) and with his Son ( Jesus😊1st❤), Jesus Christ( 😊1st❤).
4 We ❤write❤ this
to make❤
our( 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤) joy😊 complete( 100%❤😊)."( 1 John 1:1-4 Zondervan NIV Study Bible. All parenthesis parts and all symbols in Christ and for Christ Jesus (😊1st❤) in Christ. Amen to passion😊❤ in Christ and desire😊❤ for God of the Bible. Amen to passion in Jesus😊1st❤ for my joy 😊 in Christ overflow by God's grace( Ephesians 2:8😊❤) and 2 Corinthians 12:9. In Jesus'name, i pray for others' healing and their salvation by faith ( trust) in Jesus too. In God, we trust in Christ. In Jesus'name, i pray( Love❤ God and love❤ others too❤ in Christ). Amen.
Amen delight in God's words in Christ too.
1 John 1:5-2:14( Walking in the Light)
1 John 1:5-10
"5 This is the message we have heard from him and declared to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth( Jesus😊1st❤, John 14:6).
7 But if we walk in the light( God or Jesus), as he is in the light, we have fellowship❤ with one another❤, and the blood❤ of Jesus( 😊1st❤), his ( God's son( John 3:16❤)) Son, purified us from all sin.
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful😊❤ and just ❤😊 and will forgive❤ us our sins and purify❤ us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives."( 1 John 1:5-10 Zondervan NIV Study Bible ). O God of the Bible, our people need You just as Nehemiah at His time in Ot and now in Nt, we also need you. May You be with us in Christ and protect us and help your people in need. May You help us and help rebuild your people not just the wall alone but people need the Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) they need You, God our Father in heaven. Jesus, our savior in Christ and the Holy Spirit our helper in Christ. Help us to love God and may whatever we do, we do it in You in Christ to love your people and may we have the heart❤ of Nehemiah too in Christ to care for His people. Nehemiah loves You and Your people too. So help us God. Restore lost souls back to You. Revive everyone for Your glory God of the Bible in Christ. In Jesus'name, i pray( Genesis 1:1; Nehemiah; Daniel 9:1-27, 1 John 4:18❤-19❤, help us rebuild our country in You and thank you for your protection too God. Psalms 23:1-6; and John 15:1-16:33, John 16:33❤😊, and Romans 8:28😊❤). Amen.
I lift up the future before You God of the Bible and may You provide the way and God's provision and His protection and Your Faithfulness endures forever. In Jesus'name, i pray( Psalms 23:1-6❤, Psalms 139:1-24❤; John 13:34❤-35❤, John 14:6❤ and Romans 8:28❤😊, Romans 8:1-39, 28). Amen.
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Hallelujah
Every time I listen to this podcast think of the intro to the Racoons
Yeah, who cares if people go to hell because God just doesn't want them? And if Christians don't have enough desire for God, I guess there's nothing they can do about that. We should pray that God perhaps changes his eternally predetermined counsel and draws them stronger.
Seriously, it's all true that the freedom God has for us is about the freedom from bondage and the freedom to be who he originally intended us to be and so on. That part was described beautifully by Augustine. But it's a false dichotomy that our freedom to choose should be negated by that. There's no need for that Calvinist baggage. We are responsible for our choices, not because of some tortured logic but because they are really our choices. And just because you can't directly will yourself to have more desire for God, than you can still pray for it or strive towards it.