Be Imitators Of God's Love by Ministry Jesus https://ministryjesus.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Be-Imitators-of-Gods-Love.mp3 Download Audio Ephesians 5:1-2 Be Imitators Of God’s Love Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. –Ephesians 5:1-2 To understand what Paul means here by be imitators of God,  we must look at Ephesians 4 where Paul explains what it means to be an imitator of God. Ephesians 4 starts with Paul telling us our walk with God n ..read more

Romans 12:2 Complete Transformation From The World And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. –Romans 12:2 I have heard many people give the same response when we talk about God and how the world is these days. Boy, I sure am glad the world has changed, many people will say, God used to be a lot more strict back in the olden days. People can look around this world and compare themselves to what they see and think, Man, I am not so bad, but the truth is, Go ..read more

Romans 11 All Have Fallen Short of Salvation Paul wrote, “But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles….” –Romans 11 The lone prophet, the wandering person of God, the one who thinks they can do it on their own, has no need for an assembly, this is the point where you can easily be lifted up into pride, which always precedes destruction, and will put your soul above your spirit and cause you to fall away from the true faith. God always has His remnant left, waiting in the caves for the lone prophet who may fall. God is always waiting to extend His grace, He is always preparing soil to receive fr ..read more

Ephesians 4:17-19 Walk of a Clear Mind So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. –Ephesians 4:17-19 Ephesians was written from Paul to the church in Ephesus. This is for Believers who are past the beginning stage of the ..read more

Proverbs 16:5 Better Choose to Be a Proud Person The Choice is Yours Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished. –Proverbs 16:5 Everyone, the whole, all of those in this group, without exception, that is who God is talking to in this proverb. Proud can have two meanings, one is positive and the other is negative. When talking about God, this word exalts God, puts Him upon high to His eternally elevated position, where He belongs, and it emphasizes that He always acts justly from Heaven. When positively talking about people, a proud perso ..read more

¿Qué dice la Biblia sobre el perdón? Creo que es seguro decir que a todos nos ha sucedido algo que necesita perdón. Lo más probable es que todos le hayamos hecho algo a otra persona que también necesite ser perdonado. Hay muchos libros sobre el perdón. Uno de los últimos libros es de Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, La hija de Arnold Schwarzenegger y Maria Shriver. Entrevistó a muchas personas diferentes y llegó a la conclusión de que el perdón es diferente para cada persona. Pero, ¿qué dice la Biblia sobre el perdón?   ¿Cuál es el vínculo entre el perdón en el Antiguo Testamento y ..read more

Psalm 13:5 Completely Trust In God’s Covenant But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. –Psalm 13:5 To trust in God on this level means the person trusts God as a finished work, with a trust that never ends. The person knows God is the One who is going to carry the person through to eternity. Through all the perils life will throw our way, we who trust God on this level, trust Him when our situation seems hopeless in the eyes of the world. When we have this level of trust in God, we understand Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith Hebrews 12:2. David ..read more

Proverbs 27:19 The Living Water As in water a face reflects the face, So the heart of a person reflects the person. –Proverbs 27:19 Water, the Bible mentions water 722 times. Sometimes the water is calm and sometimes the water is raging, it depends on the context, but here, the water must be calm to reflect the face with recognition. But, how clear is that recognition? In this proverb, water is the main subject, the atmosphere of the person’s reflection. We first see water mentioned in Genesis 1:2, where the Spirit of God is hovering over the surface, or face, of the waters, just like in this ..read more

What does the Bible say about forgiveness? I think it is safe to say all of us have had something happen to us that needs forgiveness. Most likely, we have all done something to someone else also that needs forgiving. There are a lot of books out there on forgiveness. One of the latest books is by Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. She interviewed a lot of different people, and she concluded that forgiveness is different for every person. But what does the Bible say about forgiveness?   What is the link between forgiveness in th ..read more

The accuser of our brethren comes in many forms. Jesus said, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.” –John 15:18 People do not have a problem with you, they have a problem with Jesus. These people can be anyone in the world, even church members. The accuser can get a hold of anyone at anytime and use them against you. Even if the person is speaking by the power of the Holy Spirit, there might be something wrong within your own heart that causes you to perceive evil from the other person when the evil is actually within yourself. Jesus said offenses must come ..read more