![]() Walk as children of lightįor we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, though I also might have confidence in the flesh. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,īut we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.īut to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift.įor you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.įor there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.įor of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,īecause you say, "I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing"-and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. I have been crucified with Christ it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. From now on you will catch men." So when they had brought their boats to land, they forsook all and followed Him. ![]() And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish which they had taken and so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. So they signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking. ![]() I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit for without Me you can do nothing. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. “Fear not, for I am with you be not dismayed, for I am your God I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.Playlist: Go to the Without Christ We Can Do Nothing (topic) playlistĪbide in Me, and I in you. And He promises us in His Word that we can count on that: No matter what we go through-serious illness, financial difficulties, loneliness, a prodigal child or broken dreams-simply knowing that God is there with us can make all the difference. I’m on a tight deadline to finish a book, I had an article to write, a conference call for which I needed to prepare, and numerous other tasks that all had to be done by the end of the week, so I didn’t really have time to give up half a day. I thought of that this morning as I attended my little granddaughter’s end-of-school award ceremony. But I realized something: He might not ever say so, but it was important to him that we were there. His face lit up when he finally spotted us, and then he never looked our way again throughout the program.
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