
God
Devotional: God is Love
Submitted by Randy on Thu, 2012-08-23 23:31God is love. Love is God. The Greek word, "agape", defines love as unconditional favor and devotion to the well being of someone.
How to Live as a Christian - Seek and Know God First
The Bible is our answer book on how to live as a Christian. One of the first things we need to keep in mind in our day-to-day lives is to know and seek God first in everything we do. He has all the answers. He is the source of all righteousness and love. God is righteous and love. Righteousness nor love comes from any other source but God. God is all powerful, all knowing, and all present.
Devotional: Is There A God If We Do Not Know Him?
Submitted by Randy on Tue, 2011-09-13 00:35IS THERE A GOD IF WE DO NOT KNOW HIM?
The Names of Jehovah
Bible Summary. The Old Testament has numerous names for God that begin with the name Jehovah. The name “Jehovah” first appeared in an English translation of the Bible in 1530. The name “Jehovah” comes from the traditional name of the God of the Israelites, Yahweh. This name was revealed to Moses as four Hebrew consonants, YHWH.
Prayers Based on God’s Promises Are Always Answered
2 Corinthians 1:20. Prayers asking for what God has already promised will always be answered with a yes from God (2 Corinthians 1:20, “For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us”). God’s promises are not like a promise from an ordinary person.
Moses’ Excuse #2: I Lack Knowledge to Fulfill My Calling
Exodus 3:13. When Moses had an encounter with God at the burning bush, Moses was full of excuses on why he could not fulfill his calling. His second excuse to God at the burning bush was that he lacked knowledge to do what God told him to do. God had commanded Moses to talk to the children of Israel and tell them what God had told Moses in regard to their deliverance out of Egypt.
What is Godly Fear?
Bible Summary. To have godly fear a person first has to have a relationship with God. Godly fear is an emotion that God wants us to have in our heart and it is an essential part of God’s salvation plan. Godly fear a precious, all-consuming emotion that enables us to have an eternal relationship with God. Godly fear is the evidence that we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.
Godly Fear Preserves us From Evil
Proverbs 16:6. It is godly fear that enables us to depart from evil and the terrible effects of sin. Because of our sin nature that we inherited from our forefathers beginning with Adam and Eve, we all are in danger of the deadly effects of sin. Many of us, the unsaved, do not realize the terrible consequences of sin nor that there is a Savior that can deliver us from this curse.
Why Should We Fear God?
Bible Summary. The Bible tells us that it is our “whole” duty to fear God. Fear God because he is a great mystery who we cannot control or anticipate what he will do next. As the all-powerful God of our creation, God is to be feared and revered. Being in fear of God is our acknowledgment that he is an awesome, most powerful God. That he is our first love.
God Can Help Us, Just Ask
Bible Summary. If we desire peace in our lives, God will help us. If we focus only on how much we accumulate, we break relationship with God and he will not give us eternal life. Many people seek wisdom, but wisdom only comes from God because God is truth. See below for Biblical commentary and scriptures that tell us that God will help us.