Grace & Peace PGH

Do we make God weighty in our Lives?

Allowing our circumstances to define our understanding of God’s love instead of letting God’s love define our circumstances.

Return to me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts.

Be prepared for the sorting.

Do you know Jesus, does Jesus know you?

Establish the work of our hands!

Being a neighbor to all and to love everyone as you love yourself

The need for a savior. The work of a savior.

Use of our riches and our resources reveals whether we're actually devoted to God and love him or Love our wealth, riches, and resources

Forgive and you will be Forgiven

Persistent Prayer - Always to pray and not lose heart

Some will respond to Jesus and his message and many will not. And their willingness to really hear is what makes all the difference in their response.

Gospel of transformation of relationships

"Romans 8 teaches us that believers have two intercessors, the Holy Spirit and Christ. Christ performs his intercessory task in Heaven . . . ; the Holy Spirit, on Earth. Christ's intercerssion takes place outside of us, the Holy Spirit's within us; that is, in our very hearts. . . Christ prays that the merits of his redemptive work may be fully applied to those who trust in him.

Radical Prayer goes to the root, the heart, the center. The word radical itself comes from the Latin radix, which means "root." Radical Prayer refuses to let things stay on the fringes of life's great issues. It dares us to believe that things can be different. Its aim is the total transformation of persons, institutions, and societies." Richard J. Foster, Prayer, 243.

"Radical Prayer goes to the root, the heart, the center. The word radical itself comes from the Latin radix, which means root. Radical Prayer refuses to let things stay on the fringes of life's great issues. It dares us to berlieve that things can be different. Its aim is the total transformation of persons, institutions, and societies."- Richard J. Foster, Prayer, 243.

"There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to vbelieve, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased by both errors."--C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, 15.

"If we are not harder than iron, this exhortation ought to soften us, and render us disposed to forgive offences. Unless God pardon us every day many sins, we know that we are ruined in innumerable ways: and on no other condition does he admit us to pardon, but that we pardon our brethren whatever offences they have committed against us. Those who refuse to forget the injuries which have been done...

"The event of the resurrection, the empty tomb, and the risen Lord breaks every mold that would imprision God in the rationalism of a fallen world. But it is the starting point for a new kind of rationality, for the possibility of living hopefully in a world without hope, for the perpetual praise of God who not only creates order out of chaos but also breaks through fixed orders to create ever-new...

"These words remind us that, unless God feed us daily, the largest accumulation of the necessities of life will be of no avail. Though we may have abundance of corn and wine and everything else, unless they are watered by the secret blessing of God . . . we shall famish in the midst of plenty.'--John Calvin, Commentary on the harmony of the Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Vol.1, 325.

Open Discussion, April 6, 2025

"We are constantly under pressure to conform to the self-centredness of secular culture. When that happens we become concerned about our own little name . . . about our own little empire . . . and about our own silly little will . . . But in the Christian counter-culture our top priority concern is not our name kingdom and will, but God's. Whetyher we can pray these petitions with integrity is a s...