by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 25, 2015 | Weekly Words
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 18, 2015 | Weekly Words
But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 11, 2015 | Weekly Words
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 3, 2015 | Weekly Words
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. | 1 Peter 4.8 There are a lot of people talking about grace: how to show grace to people struggling with this or that, victims of some sort of suffering. Often these conversations...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 28, 2015 | Weekly Words
On Sunday we looked at the ‘Woes’ from Jesus to the religious leaders of the first century and we saw that His frustration stemmed from their lack of true reverence for God. They treated God as nothing more than someone to be kept in their lives based on what they...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 14, 2015 | Weekly Words
And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from...
