~ Test Your Bible Knowledge ~
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question: Which books of the English Bible begin with
the word “God?”
Please provide your answer in the comments below!
The answer will be provided in a future blog.
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW blog.
~ Allow God To Work In Your Life in 2024 ~
Will
you let (allow) God to do seven
important things in your life during 2024?
Peace ~
“And let the peace of God rule
in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
…
And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:15, 17).
Strength ~ “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever
you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God the Father through Him” (Colossians 3:16-17).
Conformity ~ “Let this mind be in you which was also in
Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be
equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a
bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became
obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:5-8).
Character ~ “Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by
prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to
God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:5-7).
Conduct ~ “Let your conduct be without covetousness;
be content with such things as you have.
For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we may boldly say: ‘The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear. What can man do to
me?’” (Hebrews 13:5-6).
Testimony ~ “Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:16).
Alertness ~ “Let your waist be girded and your lamps
burning; and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he
will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to
him immediately. Blessed are those servants
whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you
that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and
serve them” (Luke 12:35-37).
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
LIFE NOW
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~ What Will You Do Differently in 2024? ~
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General ~ I have enjoyed great years, mediocre years, and
survived some very difficult years.
Some things happen that are beyond our control. However, we can
choose to control our reactions to events in our lives.
Each new year provides a fantastic opportunity!
2024 provides a reset button so that we can become more like
Christ.
Scripture ~ “Not that I have already attained, or am already
perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ
Jesus has also laid hold of me. Brethren, I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind
and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal
for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Philippians
3:12-14).
“We know that all things work together for good to those who
love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He
foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He
might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these
He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified,
these He also glorified” (Romans 8:28-30).
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
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~ 3 “B” Word Pictures from Ephesians; Bride ~
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Bride ~ “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the
church and gave Himself for her, that He
might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He
might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or
any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. So
husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his
wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and
cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. ‘For this
reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and
the two shall become one flesh.’ This
is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Nevertheless
let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the
wife see that she respects her husband” (Ephesians
5:25-33).
The true Church of Jesus Christ is the bride of Christ and Christ is the Bridegroom.
How about you? Are you excitedly waiting for the divine wedding
feast?
~
Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
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GOD’S CHILD: Like
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GOD’S DESIRE: How
to Finish Strong
GOD’S LIGHT: How
to Respond
CHRIST’S
DISCIPLE: How to Finish Strong
Christian Theology Series
CHRIST’S BLOOD:
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PRIDE: Good and
Bad
TEMPTATION: 50+
Tips
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PETER: Failure to
Faith
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~ Fools Don’t Learn From Mistakes ~
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Series
Note ~ In
this series we look at some of the passages in the Book of Proverbs – wise
sayings that are generally true – that describe a fool from God’s perspective. Some may surprise you.
Chapter
Note
~ Eleven of the first twelve
verses of Proverbs 26 contain a comment about fools (only verse 2 does not).
Scripture ~ “As a dog returns to his own
vomit, so a fool repeats his folly” (Proverbs 26:11).
Important
Truth ~ “The
fool has said in his heart, ‘there is no God’” (Psalm 53:1a).
~ Robert
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GOD’S
CHURCH: Christ’s Pearl
GOD’S
NATURE: Sonlight Sunlight
GOD’S
CHILD: Like A Tree
Christian Growth Series
GOD’S
DESIRE: How to Finish Strong
GOD’S
LIGHT: How to Respond
CHRIST’S
DISCIPLE: How to Finish Strong
Christian Theology Series
CHRIST’S
BLOOD: 7+ Amazing Benefits
PRIDE:
Good and Bad
TEMPTATION:
50+ Tips
Bible Character Series
SAMSON:
Spirit-Controlled to Self-Centered
PETER:
Failure to Faith
Missions
JIM
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~ Christians Have A New Destination ~
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Scripture ~ “Let
not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it
were not so, I would have told you. I go
to prepare a place for you. And if I go
and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself;
that where I am, there you may be also.
And where I go you know, and the way you know” (John 14:1-4).
Comment ~ It
has been said by many secular individuals that life is a journey, and that is
true. For the Christian his final
destination has changed from hell to heaven.
Where is your final destination?
~ Robert
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GOD’S
CHURCH: Christ’s Pearl
GOD’S
NATURE: Sonlight Sunlight
GOD’S
CHILD: Like A Tree
Christian Growth Series
GOD’S
DESIRE: How to Finish Strong
GOD’S
LIGHT: How to Respond
CHRIST’S
DISCIPLE: How to Finish Strong
Christian Theology Series
CHRIST’S
BLOOD: 7+ Amazing Benefits
PRIDE:
Good and Bad
TEMPTATION:
50+ Tips
Bible Character Series
SAMSON:
Spirit-Controlled to Self-Centered
PETER:
Failure to Faith
Missions
JIM
ELLIOT: Recorded Messages
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~ Righteous ~
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This
Series ~ This
series of posts looks at some of the many attributes of God. Generally, we move in alphabetical order.
Scripture ~ “For
the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness; His countenance beholds
the upright” (Psalm 11:7).
“Righteous
are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments. Your testimonies, which
You have commanded, are righteous and very faithful” (Psalm 119:137-138).
“The
Lord is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked” (Psalm
129:4).
“The
Lord is righteous in all His ways, gracious in all His works” (Psalm 145:17).
“Who
has declared from the beginning, that we may know? And former times, that we
may say, ‘He is righteous’? Surely there is no one who shows, surely
there is no one who declares, surely there is no one who hears your words” (Isaiah
41:26).
“Righteous
are You, O Lord, when I plead with You; yet let me talk with You about Your
judgments” (Jeremiah 12:1a).
“The
Lord is righteous, for I rebelled against His commandment” (Lamentations
1:18a).
“As
it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we
have not made our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our
iniquities and understand Your truth. Therefore the Lord has kept the disaster
in mind, and brought it upon us; for the Lord our God is righteous in all
the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice” (Daniel
9:13-14).
“Her
prophets are insolent, treacherous people; her priests have polluted the
sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. The Lord is righteous in her
midst, He will do no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice
to light; He never fails, but the unjust knows no shame” (Zephaniah 3:4-5).
Jesus
said, “O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known
You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them Your
name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in
them, and I in them” (John 17:25-26).
“My
little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if
anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also
for the whole world” (1 John 2:1-2).
“If
you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices
righteousness is born of Him” (1 John 2:29).
“And
I heard the angel of the waters saying: ‘You are righteous, O Lord, the
One who is and who was and who is to be, because You have judged these things.
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them
blood to drink. For it is their just due’” (Revelation 16:5-6).
~ Robert
Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT
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Christian Concepts Series
GOD’S
CHURCH: Christ’s Pearl
GOD’S
NATURE: Sonlight Sunlight
GOD’S
CHILD: Like A Tree
Christian Growth Series
GOD’S
DESIRE: How to Finish Strong
GOD’S
LIGHT: How to Respond
CHRIST’S
DISCIPLE: How to Finish Strong
Christian Theology Series
CHRIST’S
BLOOD: 7+ Amazing Benefits
PRIDE:
Good and Bad
TEMPTATION:
50+ Tips
Bible Character Series
SAMSON:
Spirit-Controlled to Self-Centered
PETER:
Failure to Faith
Missions
JIM ELLIOT: Recorded Messages
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~ God Can Protect You Even In A Furnace ~
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Introduction
~ “Abundant Life Now” previously provided
a list of Biblical of examples of fearing / reverencing God (217 posts). In this current series we look at Biblical
accounts that demonstrate that we can fully trust God. Initially we posted seven general reasons for
trusting God. We are currently looking
at passages from all 66 books of Scripture which demonstrate a reason for
trusting our Creator.
Scripture
~ “Then Nebuchadnezzar was full
of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded
that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. And he commanded certain mighty men of valor
who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them
into the burning fiery furnace. Then
these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their
other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore, because the king’s command was
urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men
who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.
And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
“Then King
Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his
counselors, ‘Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?’ They answered and said to the king, ‘True, O
king.’ ‘Look!’ he answered, ‘I see four
men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the
form of the fourth is like the Son of God.’
“Then
Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke,
saying, ‘Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come
out, and come here.’ Then Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. And the satraps, administrators, governors,
and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose
bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were
their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.
“Nebuchadnezzar
spoke, saying, ‘Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who
sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have
frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not
serve nor worship any god except their own God!
Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which
speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall
be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is
no other God who can deliver like this.’
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province
of Babylon” (Daniel 3:19-30).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW blog.
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GOD’S CHURCH: Christ’s Pearl
GOD’S NATURE: Sonlight Sunlight
GOD’S CHILD: Like A Tree
Christian Growth Series
GOD’S DESIRE: How to Finish Strong
GOD’S LIGHT: How to Respond
CHRIST’S DISCIPLE: How to Finish Strong
Christian Theology Series
CHRIST’S BLOOD: 7+ Amazing Benefits
PRIDE: Good and Bad
TEMPTATION: 50+ Tips
Bible Character Series
SAMSON: Spirit-Controlled to Self-Centered
PETER: Failure to Faith
Missions
JIM ELLIOT: Recorded Messages
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