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HE IS OUR 'ABBA' BY ANDREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-05

He Is Our 'abba'




Mark 14:36 'And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.'




Although God was referred to as our Father in the Old Testament, Jesus' frequent use of this title brought a whole new understanding of our relationship with God. Jesus referred to God as His Father, and He spoke of God as being our Father as well. This infuriated the religious Jews of Jesus' day who considered it blasphemy to call God their Father, because they understood that to mean they were equal with God.

We are instructed to call God our Father, revealing the kind, gentle, loving nature of our God. The term 'Abba' is an affectionate term that a young child calls his father, which...

"INCREASING YOUR FAITH" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-05

INCREASING YOUR FAITH 




WE ALL HAVE FAITH.  WE USE IT ALL THE TIME IN OUR DAILY LIVES.  WE ALSO NEED TO USE IT IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES. WE HAVE "THE" MEASURE OF FAITH AND THAT FAITH COMES FROM JESUS (HEBREWS 12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.)



NOW  I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT USING OUR FAITH IN DIFFERENT WAYS.  FIRST IS MATTHEW 9:18-19 WHERE IT SAYS "While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. And Jesus arose, and...

"SEEK THE WILL OF GOD" BY ANDREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-04

Seek The Will Of God




Luke 22:42 'Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.'



LUKE 22:41-42



Jesus knew it was the Father's will for Him to be made an offering for the sins of the world. This is true because He prophesied His death and resurrection many times before. However, because of His unique relationship with God, Jesus was asking God to accomplish His will some other way, but at the same time affirming His commitment to do His Father's will and not His own.

He was not at a loss to know God's will and therefore, left this time of prayer trusting that whatever the Father deemed best for Him would happen.

He knew, when He began praying what the Father's will...

"PRAYER, IT REALLY DOES WORK" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-04
PRAYER, IT REALLY DOES WORK


DO YOU EVER GET THOSE SPIRITUAL EMAILS THAT SAY TO PASS IT ON IF YOU ARE NOT ASHAMED OF JESUS?  SOME OF THEM GO ON TO QUOTE THE SCRIPTURE MARK 8:38 WHERE IT SAYS "Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed , when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."  WHY WOULD ANYONE, ESPECIALLY A FRIEND, THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHAME US INTO FORWARDING SOMETHING ABOUT JESUS?  DON'T THEY KNOW US?  WHEN I GET THESE EMAILS, I JUST ERASE THAT PORTION BEFORE I SEND IT ON.



LET ME MENTION ONE MORE THING ABOUT BEING ASHAMED. THERE ARE A LOT OF...

"CHOSEN BEFORE CREATION" BY ANDREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-03

Chosen Before Creation




John 17:24 'Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.'




God the Father had the plan of salvation worked out before He even created the world. Most of us would not have created the world and man if we knew the heartache and terrible sacrifice it would cost. But God is not man. In His judgment (which is the correct judgment) the prize was worth the cost.

We were chosen in Christ before the world began. The Lord did not choose us by our merit, but solely by our acceptance of Christ which His foreknowledge allowed Him to do before the foundation of the world. In the strictest sense, we were...

"OUR REWARD IS IN HEAVEN" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-03

OUR REWARD IS IN HEAVEN


HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT OUR REWARDS WILL BE IN HEAVEN?  THE BIBLE TALKS A LOT ABOUT THEM AND I AM SURE WHATEVER THEY ARE THEY WILL BE WONDERFUL.  I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO WORK FOR OUR SALVATION BECAUSE IT IS A FREE GIFT BUT LET'S LOOK AT WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT REWARDS.


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"FILL UP WITH GOD" BY ANDREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-02

Fill Up With God




John 17:23 'I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.'




God loves us the same as He loves Jesus. A true revelation of this will quicken our faith and allow us to walk in the fullness of God. God's love is the key that opens the door to everything that God is. 'God is love' (1 Jn. 4:8).

God's love is not one dimensional. There is width, length, depth and height to it, which can only be comprehended through the revelation and knowledge of the Holy Spirit. Those who only have a superficial knowledge of God's love are like a person who looks at a one dimensional picture of the real thing.

In Ephesians 3:19, Paul prays for...

"BE HEALED AND PROSPER" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-02
BE HEALED AND PROSPER


WHAT IS YOUR MOUNTAIN?  THIS MAY SOUND LIKE A WEIRD QUESTION BUT LET ME EXPLAIN.  WHEN JESUS WAS RETURNING TO JERUSALEM FROM BETHANY WITH HIS DISCIPLES HE WAS HUNGRY AND SAW A FIG TREE WHICH HAD LEAVES ON IT. WHEN HE GOT TO THE TREE HE FOUND NO FIGS AND HE SAID TO THE FIG TREE "Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever" AND THE TREE WITHERED AWAY. THE TREE EVIDENTLY WAS CORRUPT AS A FIG TREE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIGS AT THE SAME TIME IT HAS LEAVES.  THE TREE WAS PROCLAIMING TO HAVE FIGS BUT IT DID NOT SO JESUS DESTROYED IT.



NOW FOR THE "MOUNTAIN".  ALL THIS IS FOUND IN MATTHEW 21:17-21 BUT IT IS THE 21ST VERSE I AM INTERESTED IN AND I WILL QUOTE IT...

"ONE IN SPIRIT" BY ANDREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-01

One In Spirit




John 17:21 'That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.'




Jesus is praying for all believers to be one as He and the Father are one.

This goes far beyond what many promote as unity today. Paul besought the Corinthians to 'all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment' (1 Cor. 1:10). This is God's standard of unity.

This oneness among believers is what Jesus said would cause the world to know that Jesus is the Son of God. This is the greatest tool for evangelism that the church has. The only way that Christ's body will be one as...

"CHRISTIANITY" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2020-11-01
CHRISTIANITY 


BEING A CHRISTIAN IS NOT EASY. SATAN'S DEMONS ARE ATTACKING US AT ALL TIMES.  I KNOW WE SAY THAT IT IS SATAN BUT SATAN CAN'T BE IN ALL PLACES AT ALL TIMES.  HE IS NOT LIKE GOD, JESUS AND HOLY SPIRIT.  


HOWEVER, HE HAS HIS DEMONS DOING HIS BIDDING AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR. IT TAKES DISCIPLINE TO BE A CHRISTIAN.  

 

WE ARE NEW CREATURES IN JESUS AND WE SHOULD ACT LIKE IT.  THIS IS WHAT IT TELLS US IN 2ND CORINTHIANS 5:17 WHERE IT SAYS "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:...
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