God --- made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions. ㅡ Ephesians 2:4-5--- 하나님이 ---허물로 죽은 우리를 그리스도와 함께 살리셨고 --- (엡 2:4-5)A greater contrast than that of night and day is the contrast of past and present, then and now. In the past, paul explains, we were "dead in transgress…
I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. ㅡ Ephesians 1:16내가 기도할 때에 기억하며 너희로 말미암아 감사하기를 그치지 아니하고 (엡 1:16)Marina heard the gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time while she was in the hospital. Another patient there, Antonina, explained to her what Christ did for us o…
"You have spoken arrogantly against me," says the Lord, "You have said, 'It is futile to serve God." ㅡ Malachi 3:13-14여호와가 이르노라, "너희가 완악한 말로 나를 대적하고도, 너희가 말하기를, "하나님을 섬기는 것이 헛되다'고 너희가 말하는도다"(말 3:13-14)Sometimes it can seem futile to serve God. These verses point ou…
'I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify ---" ㅡ Malachi3:5"내가 심판하러 너희에게 임할 것이라 내가 속히 증거하리라 ㅡㅡㅡ "(말라기 3:5)In Malachi 2:17 the people asked, "Where is the God of justice?" In today's verse God answers that question: the Lord is coming, but many who are aski…
"My covenant was with [Levi], a covenant of life and peace." ㅡ Malachi 2:5"레위와 세운 나의 언약은 생명과 평강의 언약이라" (말라기 2:5)God's discipline is meant to restore his people to himself. God has "a covenant of life and peace" with his people, and he longs to restore that relationship.…
"You will see it with your own eyes and say, "Great is the Lordㅡeven beyond the borders of Israel." ㅡ Malachi 1:5"너희는 목도하고 이르기를 여호와께서는 이스라엘 지경 밖에서 크시다 하리라."(말라기 1:5)The people of Edom, the descendants of Esau, may have thought they could undo what God had done. They didn't c…
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective ... ㅡ James 5:16의인의 간구는 역사하는 힘이 큼이니라 (약 5:16)In the book Huckleberry Finn, the main character ㅡ Huck, as he was called ㅡ needed fishhooks. Someone had told him that God always answers prayers, so for three days Huck Finn prayed for fishhooks…
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. ㅡ James 5:16이러므로 너희 죄를 서로 고하며 병 낫기를 위하여 서로 기도하라 (약 5:15-16)I remember a day when I jumped to a faulty conclusion and yelled at our six-year-old daughter for something she did not do. I needed to apologize. Following o…
Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. ㅡ James 5:14그는 교회의 장로들을 청할 것이요 그들은 주의 이름으로 기름을 바르며 그를 위하여 기도할지니라 (약 5:14)When I learned that my cancer had returned, it was just a few days before a significant youth event that I was coordinat…
As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered ㅡ James 5:11보라 인내하는 자를 우리가 복되다 하나니 (약 5:11)A friend of a friend called me: "Pastor, I can't do this anymore. Would God really want me to suffer like this, day after day, with no relief?" His illness was tormenting him, and he was l…