Posts with the category “seek-the-lord-and-live-amos-5-1-17”

"Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."— Amos 5:14-15 (ESV)"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."— James 4:7 (ESV) Reflect:Seeking t...  Read More

"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities — all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together."— Colossians 1:15-17 (ESV)"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from ab...  Read More

"But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."— John 4:23-24 (ESV) Reflect:At Gilgal, Israel had ritual without renewal — going through the motions of sacrifice and ceremony while their hearts stayed uncha...  Read More

"for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise."— Galatians 3:26-29 (ESV)"Do not be conformed to this...  Read More

"Hear this word that I take up over you in lamentation, O house of Israel: 'Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.' For thus says the Lord God: 'The city that went out a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went out a hundred shall have ten left, to the house of Israel.' For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: 'Seek me a...  Read More