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Eric and Kristen Fisher share some of their marriage journey. Our lives, our families and marriages are God’s garden. He’s cultivating us in His own time. Instead of trying to impose my will or my timing to my circumstances, what I need to pray for is humility,

Philippians 2:3-5
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.”

Patience, Kindness and Grace
Ephesians 4:1-3
“I, therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.”

When we worship God as Savior, it prioritizes life and defines who we are – children of God, and sinners saved by His merciful, loving, undeserved grace.

Why is giving thanks to God important? Because our gratitude and thanksgiving offered in praise carries us into His Presence to worship God in the Holy Place – in His Presence.

“I lift my head to see His face and then behold His Glory, for He is Holy – Our Holy Lord.”

Certainly the Word of God teaches us that the humble offering of thanksgiving is always a blessed time for fellowship between God the Creator in Heaven and we the creation here on earth.

With God’s sovereignty comes all power. The biblical term for this is omnipotence and it refers to God’s unconditioned power to do that which He wills to do in accordance with His nature.
We have been learning about God as Creator, and as we said earlier, the Bible unapologetically portrays God as the Lord of both creation and the history of creation. As Christians we know and believe this to be true because all that exists owes its reality, integrity, and continuity to the eternal power of the Word of God which establishes and upholds it.

The peace that God gives us is a much greater gift than most of us realize. The Hebrew word Shalom illustrates the magnitude of His gift to us. It means being well, favor, friend, great, good health, perfect, safe, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace, rest, and safety. But there is more! Every Hebrew letter has a numeric value associated with it. Read more…

“Hesed” is a beautiful Hebrew word that encompasses the many-faceted character of God. Loving, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in mercy…” God describes Himself in Scripture. In learning who God is, we understand who we are and our purpose for life.

It’s not a matter of if, but when. All true Christians will endure suffering for the sake of Christ Jesus, but the overwhelming love of God and His grace turns suffering into joy.

Dr. Stephen Isaac continues teaching from the epistles of the Apostle Peter, focusing on the challenge to God’s people to be holy. In chapter 1:15, Peter asserts the second of four essentials: be holy in all your thoughts, in your words, and in your behavior and actions. He justifies his assertions of this command “to be holy” on the basis of his readers’ relationship with God – both as His children (1:17) and as believers (1:21). Peter is consistent with what he has been taught and in his understanding of the OT writings (1:10–12), as he directly quotes to his readers from the OT in the Book of Leviticus, regarding the instruction God previously had given His chosen people. He presses the point that the new birth given by God the Father (1:3) directly indicates a decisively altered way of life. This way of life is characterized by the new knowledge of God in and through Yeshua – Christ Jesus. Peter constructs a very concise (3-point premise) for God’s New Covenant expectations for this new and living way:

Be holy as the obedient children of God that you now are (1:14a)

Do not being conformed to your previous ignorant desires (1:14b);

Be holy in all your behavior not just some of it (1:15)