Old Jerry

We must

Scripture is God

A person can be speaking and God be speaking too because God is using that persons Spirit to do his speaking. Our pastor speaks and God is speaking through him. The image of a ship being moved by the wind helps me understand this because it is the wind that is blowing the sails and moving the ship but is the rudder that is that guides the ship.

The way that the Scriptures of Old and New Testaments act for me as

I think that the reason that our culture avoids talking about death is because they may not fully believe in the resurrection. The only thing that concerns me is how I am going to die not that I am going to die and go to that glorious place and be with God the Father. I look forward to that. I think that describing the earthly body as a

The reason that Christian character is an essential indicator of being saved or rescued by Christ is because when we are rescued we want to please the one that rescued us. To please Christ is to do as he commanded. I can

I think that the reason that we imagine that

A disciplined devotional life is important to me because unless it is disciplined I probably wouldn

I think that the virtue so far that has been easiest for me to move on to is perseverance. It has been my character to persevere in areas that I have an interest in. God has but the interest of Him in me so I can persevere in following Him. I think that hardest virtue for me to move on with is that of self-control. I like to have somebody out there to help provide motivation for the things that I do.

The way that strong desires erode our faith and corrupt our lives is by us going after that desire and if that desire interferes with what God has for us then we will not go for what God wants us to do. A strong desire that can build our faith is wanting to be with God

It personally means to me to be called

The scope and extent and boundaries of

The phrase

The promise in verses 10 and 11 that are most meaningful to me at this point in my life is that God is always with us. That gives me the confidence that He will be accompanying me into the next phase of my life.

The instructions that Peter gave us to guide us in spiritual warfare are to be self-controlled, alert, resist him, and to keep the faith.

It is important to be aware of Satan

According to this verse I should give my fears to the Lord. The reason for doing this is because he cares for me. The manner I should do it is in prayer or throw it to Him. I will apply this verse to my own life with prayer and not carrying my fears with me.

The acts of humility that are appropriate for church leaders are taking care of the body of Christ. Sometimes that means serving others, doing the things in the church that needs to be done. The way we can discern a [person

We can best keep elders and pastors from being power-mongers by judging their input to the situations that rise out of committee meetings. That is also the way that we can limit a pastor

I think that the common practice in churches of

I learned the responsibilities of elder from the definitions of

A willingness to die, if need be, is essential to healthy Christianity during persecution because we are showing the world that there is something more powerful the leaders of this world. Our belief is so strong that they can

If we are never persecuted, that probably says that people view me as one of them and therefore don

When I meditate on the idea of partaking of or being a sharer in Christ

The danger of trying to avoid persecution and suffering for Christ is that we will be entering in sin because we will be following those who are sinning. I have been distracted by persecution from what I should have been doing when God calls me to go on a mission trip and I think that it is too dangerous. I have observed this in other Christians when I ask them to go on mission trips.