What Does It Mean That Eve Is a Helpmate for Adam? Eve completed Adam in a special way. She was made to “fit for him.” (Genesis 2:20b), because God did not want Adam to be alone. She was also made to join Adam in having children, made differently from him, yet the same. As a triune God - a Trinity made of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - God knew tha

I was a young pastor. I was on assignment as a pastoral care intern for a congregation not my own. I was a pastor “on loan,” one might say. My mission? I was dispatched by the church leadership to provide pastoral ministry to a family I didn’t know. I was told that the Henley family was gathered at a nearby nursing home and that they had requested

The people of Israel had been living under the oppression of one foreign empire or another for the better part of the last five centuries. They were waiting for their Messiah to come and liberate them from bondage and finally set them free, once and for all.What they didn’t realize is that Jesus came to set them free from something far greater than

5. Church Polity and ReformationUpon his return to Geneva in 1541, Calvin wrote his Ecclesiastical Ordinances, a book of church polity that provided for the religious education for the city, especially the children. It was a comprehensive change in the understanding of how the church functioned from that of the medieval Roman Catholic church. He es

Meditate on Who God Is “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all” (1 Chronicles 29:11).Boring days provide a great opportunity to meditate on the wonder, the power and the

“But David remained in Jerusalem. One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite. Then David sent messengers to

The Anointed OnePsalm 89:51 - “The taunts with which your enemies, Lord, have mocked, with which they have mocked every step of your anointed one.”Who Is the "Anointed One" Mentioned in the Bible?Acts 10:38 says, “And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all

The presence of Christ (Matt. 28:20)The prayers of other believers (2 Tim. 1:3)The “fellowship of suffering”—other believers who are facing hardships for the sake of Christ (2 Tim. 1:8; Heb. 13:3; Col. 1:24).Cultivate these to help you endure:Godly helpers – Find and cultivate a group of like-minded believers whose faithfulness and prayers can insp

2 Corinthians 12:3-4 - And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell.I know in my life I have experienced the presence of God, and you probably have as well. However, I have never experienced the pre

“The breaking of Jesus’ body at the crucifixion is the unprecedented means by which believers have access to the presence of God.” (Professor Daniel M. Gurtner) The veil of sin in our lives, and the deception of our enemy, does not have to keep us from living a full life anymore. God made a way, through Jesus’ atoning sacrifice, for us to come to H

The act of worship is seen in many forms throughout the Bible. What this tells the believer is that worship is not just one position or act. It is the culmination of acts throughout our daily life that show God we love him and praise him for all things good and bad.Richard J. Foster stated “The point is that we are to offer God our bodies as well a

“And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For God, who said, ‘Light shall shine out of darkness,’ is the One who has shone in our hearts to

Most Popular Bible Verses About Love John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.Romans 8:28We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God, who are called according to his purpose.1 Corinthians 13:4-8Love is patient, love is kind. It d

1. Eve - Mother of All Mankind The first mother, Eve, must be included because her name means “mother of all living” (Genesis 3:20). Along with Adam, she gave into temptation with catastrophic consequences resulting in the fall of mankind, painful childbearing and ultimate death. However, from the very beginning we can see God’s redemptive pl

"They will plunder your wealth and loot your merchandise; they will break down your walls and demolish your fine houses and throw your stones, timber and rubble into the sea" (The prophet said that Tyre's stones, timber and soil would be thrown into the sea. That's probably a fitting description of how Alexander the Great built a land bridge from t

Worshipping Worship Idolatry comes in many forms and the most dangerous ways of slipping into the worship of anything or anyone other than the Lord are those you never see coming. One of the greatest tactics of the enemy, in terms of worship, is to let Christians think they are worshipping the Lord when they are not. Not all songs written by Christ

From a Stranger to a Son Born in England in 1735, future hymnist Robert Robinson’s childhood was marked by tragedy, losing his father at the young age of eight. Shortly after his father's passing, Robinson’s mother sent him to London to pursue trade school for barbering. It was during this time, Robinson lived what would be considered a reckless li

Prayer is Inviting God into Our Situations God looks on the heart more than anything else, really. Jesus said, “Your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him” (Matthew 6:8 NKJV). If that is the case, then why pray? The answer is pretty simple. Prayer is not informing God; prayer is inviting God. When I call out to the Lord in pra

Scripture MemorizationThe law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statues of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. - Psalms 19:7God's Word is living. Planting it in our hearts through memorization is like planting tiny kegs of spiritual dynamite that will be ready to explode just when we need God's encouraging words. God will

He first resorts to taunting.As much as we hate taunting now, like when someone insults us online or in the workplace, taunting during Nehemiah’s time packed a whole different kind of punch. He prays that God handle the situation, and that his enemies will have their insults fall on their own heads. Then he goes back to work.When Sanballat sees tha