by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jul 11, 2017 | Weekly Words
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. Therefore do not pronounce...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 27, 2017 | Weekly Words
A few years ago, for the first time I can remember, there was a backlash against prayer. It was in the wake of the Paris nightclub attack, and specifically to the hashtag: #prayforparis (which was shared over 70 million times) . One of the writers for Charlie Hebdo, a...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 21, 2017 | Weekly Words
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 13, 2017 | Weekly Words
Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” And Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 8, 2017 | Weekly Words
When Saul had taken the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the Ammonites, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned he routed them. And he did valiantly and...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 6, 2017 | Weekly Words
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. | 1 Peter 5:6-7 I used one of my favorite phrases again this week: humble confidence. This concept is...
