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But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Matthew 9:36 “The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45 Christ has anointed us by […]

“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it” Isaiah 55:11   God communicates with mankind – the creatures He has made with personality and personhood. As

“But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills”                                       1 Corinthians 12:11 “There is no limit to the usefulness of one who, putting aside self, makes room

And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. Acts 4:31 When conversion occurs and we receive a new heart (the heart of God, from God), the Spirit of God pours out

“Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:16   Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know

Then He said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men’ Matthew 4:19 No-one is beyond the reach of God’s everlasting love. He draws every human being to Him with cords of love and if we do not resist His drawing, we shall rejoice in Him as the God of our

“For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard” Acts 4:20 There are three things on earth today that reveal God to the world: nature, the Bible and God’s people. Our study this week looks at the importance of personal testimony in revealing God to the world. You are our epistle

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 1 Timothy 2:3, 4 The idea that mission is God’s work is clarified throughout Scripture. Solomon states it this way, “He [God] has put eternity in

Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. James 1:22 ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ Matthew 4:4 Our theme for this week is devotional Bible study. The main purpose of Bible study is to know God and do His

And consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation — as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to