United by the Cross

Today's audio is from Grace Oasis on YouTube. https://youtube.com/watch?v=c-cw-ZgAMdM&si=0jexmJTZ6ppUpxYd Have a blessed day. ‘May the Lord bless you and keep you; may the Lord cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the Lord lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’ Numbers 6:24‭-‬26 BSB https://bible.com/bible/3034/num.6.24-26.BSB

Sermon except from: The Lord Comes As A Thief (Rapture) - Paul Washer https://youtube.com/watch?v=MCV8BnjtrIg&si=eJrmQt0JnTeq84Pb

Have a blessed day.

Can anyone explain to me how saying God, followed by dang is better then saying gd? Do you realize that it was just people that decided dang and d a m n are on different levels? The LORD said His name is to be kept holy ¹, not used in vain or as a substitute for filth ². This is like you saying someone you love is a piece of crap, but at least you didn't say they're a piece of sh--. EXCEPT, and th...

This audio is from Pastor Jerry Flowers https://youtube.com/@Beredefined so while I do not have rights to this content, I do not accept any form of payment for what I share with you. I only pray that this blesses you like it does me. If it blesses you, please go to the YouTube channel and join me in watching the sermon tomorrow. Have a blessed Sabbath and may the LORD Jesus Christ be with you.

For context, this portion of Scripture is at the time when Israel was returning from exile and rebuilding the temple of the LORD. Though some were trying to restore the temple according to the design laid out by God, others were still trying to do things their own way. May God bless the reading and hearing of His word. Nehemiah 13 At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the...

When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul. Psalms 94:19 BSB Today's Verse In Context: O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth. Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud. How long will the wicked, O Lord, how long will the wicked exult? They pour out arrogant words; all workers of iniquity boast. They crush Your people, O Lord; they oppres...

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 Today's Verse In Context: Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it. For we also received the...

Today's Verse Of The Day Is: Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me. Revelation 3:20 BSB Today's Verse In Context: To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation. I know your deeds; you are neither cold...

The entire law is fulfilled in a single decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Galatians 5:14 BSB Today's Verse in Context: It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery. Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I testify to every man wh...

Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, Ephesians 5:1 BSB Today's Verse in Context: Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children, and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God. But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of gr...

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 1 Peter 5:6 ESV Today's Verse in Context: As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you: Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God’s will; not...

Today's Verse Of The Day Is: Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. James 1:12 BSB https://bible.com/bible/3034/jas.1.12.BSB Today's Verse In Context: James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings. Consider it pure joy,...

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men, because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23‭-‬24 BSB Today's Verse in Context: Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds o...

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1 BSB Today's Verse in Context: Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. This is why the ancients were commended. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. By faith Ab...

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Psalms 20:7 BSB Today's Verse in Context: May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. May He send you help from the sanctuary and sustain you from Zion. May He remember all your gifts and look favorably on your burnt offerings. Selah May He give you the desire...

This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. Joshua 1:8 BSB Today's Verse In Context: Now after the death of His servant Moses, the Lord spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and al...

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider...

Imagine a deer trail in the woods. We know that the deer are traveling there, because they wear down the grass from going through the same path repeatedly. They take the children through the same path. The way you hunt and kill them is by waiting for them to come back to the same places they were in the past. It's not hard to find them, you just wait for them to come to you. When the ground has be...

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. Psalms 42:1 BSB Today's Verse In Context: As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?” These things come to...

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. Ecclesiastes 4:9 Today's Verse In Context: Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter. So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who...

Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Proverbs 31:30 BSB Today's Verse In Context: A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands....

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no account of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5 BSB https://bible.com/bible/3034/1co.13.5.BSB Today's Verse In Context: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absol...

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 1 Corinthians 13:4 BSB Today's Verse In Context: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love,...

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16 BSB Today's Verse In Context: But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slande...