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First Fruits: Growing In Revelation
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Ryan Reynolds
It’s true that God grants us the desires of our heart, but that’s only after we delight ourselves in Him. “Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Ps. 37:4 ESV). The meaning David conveys is simple. When God becomes your desire, you desire what God does and He graciously satisfies that desire by giving you Himself. For the only thing God desires is Himself.
It’s true that God desires fellowship with you, but it’s true because He sees Christ in you. Our hope should be set on what pleases God. And God is concerned with our growing in...
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Ryan Reynolds
It’s true that God grants us the desires of our heart, but that’s only after we delight ourselves in Him. “Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Ps. 37:4 ESV). The meaning David conveys is simple. When God becomes your desire, you desire what God does and He graciously satisfies that desire by giving you Himself. For the only thing God desires is Himself.
It’s true that God desires fellowship with you, but it’s true because He sees Christ in you. Our hope should be set on what pleases God. And God is concerned with our growing in...
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First Fruits: God First
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Ryan Reynolds
The Bible is direct and explicit. It speaks to us where we’re at. The fact that it’s saying something to us shows the live nature of God’s words. The reality that it doesn’t leave difficult truths in the dark manifests its raw nature. The Bible touches human nature like the surgeon with a knife—they both cut in order to heal.
Ephesians is a book that...
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Ryan Reynolds
The Bible is direct and explicit. It speaks to us where we’re at. The fact that it’s saying something to us shows the live nature of God’s words. The reality that it doesn’t leave difficult truths in the dark manifests its raw nature. The Bible touches human nature like the surgeon with a knife—they both cut in order to heal.
Ephesians is a book that...
First Fruits: Walk in Good Works
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Ryan Reynolds
What if you were commissioned to build an architectural masterpiece but had no tools or material or knowledge on how to build it? Someone just places you in the desert and instructs you to build a grand cathedral with pointed steeples and beautiful stained glass. You’d be lost. There’d be no hope for that structure.
For one, you don’t possess the...
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Ryan Reynolds
What if you were commissioned to build an architectural masterpiece but had no tools or material or knowledge on how to build it? Someone just places you in the desert and instructs you to build a grand cathedral with pointed steeples and beautiful stained glass. You’d be lost. There’d be no hope for that structure.
For one, you don’t possess the...
First Fruits: Motivated by Gratitude
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Ryan Reynolds
In a past article I said that our motivation to carry resolutions becomes slower as the new year emerges. For the Christian, the love of Christ controls them (1 Cor. 5:14). So for us, our goals should have a Godward orientation. We desire to put God first in the new year, and hopefully throughout.
But it’s not easy. We’re fallen. We slow down...
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Ryan Reynolds
In a past article I said that our motivation to carry resolutions becomes slower as the new year emerges. For the Christian, the love of Christ controls them (1 Cor. 5:14). So for us, our goals should have a Godward orientation. We desire to put God first in the new year, and hopefully throughout.
But it’s not easy. We’re fallen. We slow down...
First Fruits: God's Repetition
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Bonney Rosas
When God is trying to get something across to humanity, He tends to repeat Himself. He repeats Himself to us by saying the same thing in His Word, in many different ways, across time. This may initially bring us a warm feeling, remembering an old senile grandfather who would repeat himself. But Almighty God knows that repetition is a powerful way of getting an idea through...
A New Teaching Article On The Principles Of First Fruits by Bonney Rosas
When God is trying to get something across to humanity, He tends to repeat Himself. He repeats Himself to us by saying the same thing in His Word, in many different ways, across time. This may initially bring us a warm feeling, remembering an old senile grandfather who would repeat himself. But Almighty God knows that repetition is a powerful way of getting an idea through...
