The Bible teaches that we are to live in close, personal communion with the Lord Jesus Christ. So does that mean we can ask for his help with our everyday affairs? In this week’s sermon, we will discover how we can have a relationship with Jesus that is as intimate as with our dearest friends.
Scripture: Hebrews 10:19-25
Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Renewing Reflections
It is our prayer that Renewing Reflections will be a blessing in your life this coming week. This quote is taken from the sermon Extreme Makeover: Give Him the Keys delivered on Christian Crusaders May 7, 2006.
Christ calls us to ask for help and then to give him access to every area of our lives. That’s been referred to as the act of surrender – to give it all over to him and say, “Lord, you know what makes life work, and I don’t. Take over my life and make it over.” We sometimes have people encounter roadblocks to that happening in their lives. They ask the question, Can I really trust him with my life? Or with this religious stuff? I don’t know if I want to get involved like that. Can I really trust Jesus like that? All I can say to you, if you are asking that question, is to look at the cross. Jesus is not about ruining lives; he is about saving them. He is meek and lowly and self-sacrificing, and he has your best interests at heart. He knows what makes life work. He said, “I came that you may have life, and have it abundantly.”
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We pray this will be a holiday filled with good things that add to your Christmas memories.
On the Light Side
One evening, during a violent thunderstorm, a mother was tucking her son into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?"
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can't dear," she said. "I have to sleep in Daddy's room."
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little voice: "The big sissy."
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