Posts by Pressing On Together
Live For His Name’s Sake
God acts for His Name’s sake. “God, for the sake of His Name, to act consistently with His holiness, to honor Himself, He absolutely will make His redeemed into the image of Christ. He absolutely will bring us to glory. He has all the power and authority to do so. He has committed to do…
Read MoreFor My Name’s Sake
God is more holy, glorious, powerful, wise, and more, than we can imagine. He is creator. He is judge. He is …. In Scripture, we specifically are told that He did something for the sake of His Name. “His Name” is all who God is. His Name is His whole character, His nature, His attributes,…
Read MoreGod Does Not Change
This is awesome good news! God is holy. God is perfect. God cannot get more holy or more perfect. (And, of course, God does not get worse.) God does not change. There are a lot of implications of this, but right now I am thinking about God’s unchangeable love for His redeemed. We have all…
Read MoreEndure with Hope
Just past those sand dunes is the Pacific Ocean! Endure with hope. For the joy set before Him, Christ endured the cross. Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.…
Read MoreGod’s Love in Us
God’s Passionate Love has been poured out in us, His redeemed, believers in Christ! The love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. (Romans 5:5) Amazing grace! We are to walk in love Be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love,…
Read MoreGod’s Loving Purpose
You may be in tremendous emotional or physical pain. The possible causes are too many to list, but, if you have been redeemed, if you have received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, then God has a loving purpose for what you are going through. Remember: God loves you with an infinite, eternal, steadfast, all-knowing…
Read MoreGod’s Passionate Love
God—Father, Son, Holy Spirit—loves us* immensely more than we can fathom. If only we* knew how much, everything would be different. We would have joy abounding, NO anxiety, confident expectation that God was working everything for our glorification, and much much more. Because God loves us*, we have eternal life. For God so loved the…
Read MoreSomebody’s Praying for You
Have you heard the song: Somebody’s Praying for Me? Several artists have recorded it, and it is easy to find on YouTube (original and shorter versions). My favorite is Ricky Skaggs Somebody’s Prayin. I find the song comforting, inspiring, and encouraging. Many or most of us (but probably not all of us) have somebody…
Read MoreGod’s Purpose; Christians’ Role
God created us for His glory. Everyone who is called by My name, and whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, even whom I have made. (Isaiah 43:7) Christians’ Role Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31) Worship…
Read MoreChristian Contentment
For a Christian, it is possible to be content, even in difficult circumstances. Look at Paul, writing from prison: Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity;…
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