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Every choice we make in life has consequences. We must use wisdom that is given to us by God to choose wisely. That all begins with a fear of God. This fear is a reverence and respect for Holy God, but that fear can mature into a deep and abiding trust. Ultimately it is our trust in God that helps us make better choices. BE PART OF GOD’S MISSION GIVE: https://ikthusdumaguete.org/give/ SERVE: https...

Our relationships are a good indicator of the trajectory of our lives. The people that we spend most of our time with have an incredible influence on who we become. To become better, we may need to make better choices concerning the “whom” we spend our time “with”. BE PART OF GOD’S MISSION GIVE: https://ikthusdumaguete.org/give/ SERVE: https://ikthusdumaguete.org/ministries/ GROW: https://ikthusdu...

Prayer and Fasting January 2024 Victorious Living: Knowing and Doing the Will of God Part 1: The Deep Search (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2H80sPlfaGQXrBBlfdza2i?si=261bb72b8c1c4f1e) Part 2: The Desperate Struggle (https://open.spotify.com/episode/16LLvrnIv8tu4EIdBFgVUv?si=5d8ffde2917b4cf2) Part 3: The Full Surrender (https://open.spotify.com/episode/10nRLTplCrg5dgnWc2MHxp?si=8c4e9b4328394d75)...

Prayer and Fasting January 2024 Victorious Living: Knowing and Doing the Will of God Part 1: The Deep Search (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2H80sPlfaGQXrBBlfdza2i?si=261bb72b8c1c4f1e) Part 2: The Desperate Struggle (https://open.spotify.com/episode/16LLvrnIv8tu4EIdBFgVUv?si=5d8ffde2917b4cf2) Part 3: The Full Surrender (https://open.spotify.com/episode/10nRLTplCrg5dgnWc2MHxp?si=8c4e9b4328394d75)...

Prayer and Fasting January 2024 Victorious Living: Knowing and Doing the Will of God Part 1: The Deep Search (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2H80sPlfaGQXrBBlfdza2i?si=261bb72b8c1c4f1e) Part 2: The Desperate Struggle (https://open.spotify.com/episode/16LLvrnIv8tu4EIdBFgVUv?si=5d8ffde2917b4cf2) Part 3: The Full Surrender (https://open.spotify.com/episode/10nRLTplCrg5dgnWc2MHxp?si=8c4e9b4328394d75)...

"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33 When we put the things of God first in our lives, the other things fall into proper order. However, when we prioritize earthly things, we find ourselves anxious and full of worry. God helps us have better priorities. BE PART OF GOD’S MISSION: GIVE: https://ikthusdumaguete.o...

A Christ-follower is oriented toward the future, not the past. God is always standing in the future, calling us forward in hope, never backward in regret. BE PART OF GOD’S MISSION GIVE: https://ikthusdumaguete.org/give/ SERVE: https://ikthusdumaguete.org/ministries/ GROW: https://ikthusdumaguete.org/first-steps/ For more info or prayer concerns contact 09560615574 or message m.me/ikthusdumaguete #...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 30, 2023 | Thursday 1 John 4:16 “ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ” Seventh, there is a desire to please God and to live a good life because of what He has done for us. The realization of His love should make us not only hate sin, but also desire to live a holy, godl...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 29, 2023 | Wednesday  1 John 4:16 “ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ” Fourth, I have a sense of sins forgiven. I do not understand it, but I am aware of it. I know that I have sinned; “my sin is ever before me” (Psalm 51:3), as David says. I remember my sins, and yet...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 28, 2023 | Tuesday 1 John 4:16 “ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ” I shall suggest to you ten tests that you can apply to yourself to know for certain that you know the love of God to you. Here is the first. It is a loss and absence of the sense that God is against u...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 27, 2023 | Monday 1 John 4:16 “ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ” How can my joy abound? How can I walk through this world with my head erect? How can I come through triumphantly? Well, here is the main thing: I should know the love that God has toward me. If I have...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 26, 2023 | Sunday 1 John 4:16 “ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ” John has gone on repeatedly writing about the love of God, and you notice how he never tires of doing so. “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 25, 2023 | Saturday 1 John 4:14 “ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. ” Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ clearly saves us, in the first instance, from the guilt and the penalty of sin. We are all guilty before God and before His holy law. We are guilty in His presence; so the first thing I need is to be saved fro...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 24, 2023 | Friday 1 John 4:14 “ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. ” The whole biblical meaning of this particular term should be put like this: Christ is the Savior as the result of something that He has done. We must get rid once and forever of the idea that we are the actors or doers and merely receive encour...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 23, 2023 | Thursday 1 John 4:14 “ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. ” “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” The whole Gospel in a phrase! This is the only time in which John uses the expression “Saviour” in the entire epistle. He gives the same teaching,...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 22, 2023 | Wednesday  1 John 4:14-16 “ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. ” The apostol...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 21, 2023 | Tuesday 1 John 4:15 “ Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. ” John’s whole case is that you cannot believe that Jesus is the Son of God unless God dwells in you and you in God; that is his argument. “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” And the way in wh...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 20, 2023 | Monday 1 John 4:13 “ Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. ” How does this blessing come? Well, I do not see any evidence in the New Testament to support what used to be called a “tarrying meeting.” Some people had that idea. God had certain blessings to give, and they thought they had to wait until they r...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 19, 2023 | Sunday Philippians 2:12-13 “ Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. ” Are you aware of the fact that God is working in you? “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,” says Paul, “for it is God which worketh in you.” This is a marvelous, wonderful thing....

Ikthus Daily Word | November 18, 2023 | Saturday 1 John 4:13 “ Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. ” How do we have knowledge about God? “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us.” How? The answer is, “because he hath given us of his Spirit.” So it all comes down to that in the last analysis. How do I know I have received God’s Spirit...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 17, 2023 | Friday 1 John 4:13 “ Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. ” We may know, and should know, that we are in a relationship to God and that we possess His life. That is the nature of the Christian life. “Hereby,” says John, “know we”—we know it, and we are certain of it. John’s whole business in writing this...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 16, 2023 | Thursday 1 John 4:13 “ Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. ” We are reminded here of the nature of the Christian life. I am increasingly convinced that most of our troubles arise from the fact that our whole conception of the Christian life tends to be inadequate. I am not referring to people outside the...

Ikthus Daily Word | November 15, 2023 | Wednesday  1 John 4:12 “ No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. ” God dwells in us. That is one of the grounds of my assurance, my certainty. “No man hath seen God at any time.” Very well, then, do we go on in doubt and almost in despair wondering whether there is a God? No! says John; “...