Happy Day of Love!

Thursday, February 14, 2013 by BW Writers

Happy Day of Love!

“He determined to love you and so gave himself up for you. He fell as a sinner (though he was innocent) into the hands of the living God. Consider the power of the love that motivated him to intentionally plunge himself into a fiery furnace that burned with relentless wrath, bearing in a few short hours and infinity of hellish misery. He bore intense suffering in his body and soul so that he would be granted the right to have you, a redeemed sinner, for his bride.” ~Elise Fitzpatrick, Comforts from the Cross

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. ~John 15:9-11

His banner over me is love! ~Song of Solomon 2:4

O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me.  I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them. ~John 17:25-26

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ. ~Eph.2:1-5

I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you. ~Jer. 31:3

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:9-10

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end. Lam. 3:22

Love Never Ends! ~1 Cor. 13:8

 

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All Things New!

Tuesday, January 1, 2013 by BW Writers

All Things New!

Happy New Year from BW!

Aren’t you thankful that our God is a God of new beginnings? That He restores, redeems and renews?

Here are a few of our favorite reminders of the new, abundant, blessed-beyond-measure identity we have been given in Christ Jesus!

 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (2 Cor. 5:17)

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. (Is. 43:18-19)

And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. (Ez. 36:26)

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lam. 3:22-23)

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. (Rom. 6:4)

You have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. (Col. 3:9-10)

And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” (Rev. 21:5)

 

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Our 2012 Favs!

Thursday, December 27, 2012 by BW Writers

Check out this year’s highlights and reader’s favorites!

Tell us your favorite BW posts from 2012 and share with a friend!

 

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Merry Christmas from BW!

Tuesday, December 25, 2012 by BW Writers

Merry Christmas from BW!

“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,

as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us;

to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve him without fear, in holiness and righteousness before himall our days.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God,

whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

~Zechariah’s Prophesy, Luke 1:68-79

 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own peopledid not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

~John 1:1-14

 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.

In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

In him we haveredemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,  which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

In him we have obtainedan inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guaranteeof our inheritance until we acquire possession of it,to the praise of his glory.

~Ephesians 1:1-14

 

 

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Thanks Be to God!

Thursday, November 22, 2012 by BW Writers

Thanks Be to God!

Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! (2 Cor. 9:15)

 

And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God (1 Thess. 2:13)

 

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. (Rom. 6:17-18)

 

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! (Rom. 7:24-25)

 

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. 15:57)

 

I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving. (Ps. 69:30)

 

“Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” (Rev. 7:12)

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Your Voice: The Issues

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 by BW Writers

Your Voice: The Issues

With the debates concluded and early voting underway, we’re down to the wire in this year’s Presidential Election.

 

In case you missed any of the debates you can catch them here:

First Presidential Debate

Second Presidential Debate

Third Presidential Debate

Vice-Presidential Debate

 

To learn where all of the candidates running in your state stand on the issues click here. Find your state, then click “Voter Guide” on the left column. Also, check out this resource from the American Family Association.

Please join us in praying for our nation and its leaders during this pivotal time (1 Tim. 2:1-2). Click here to download an Election 2012 Prayer Guide.

 

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Your Voice: Why This Election Is So Different…Or Is It?

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 by BW Writers

Your Voice: Why This Election Is So Different…Or Is It?

Editor’s Note: We’re priviledged to bring you this timely interview from nationally renown attorney, David Gibbs, III. He is the President of the National Center for Life and Liberty, a ministry organization that defends life and liberty freedoms nationwide. Atty. Gibbs has graciously taken the time to share his legal expertise on some of today’s most urgent concerns facing Christians in the United States. Please read and share. Click here to read Part 1 of his interview.

The November 2012 election is different from previous elections because for the first time in most of our lifetimes, there is a clear choice in this election as to which path America will take—perhaps for the rest of the 21st Century. The presidential candidates in particular have very different philosophical views of our Constitution and of government, although the same philosophical differences can also be seen in many candidates running for Congress and for state and local government offices as well.

In some ways, the 2012 election is similar to the presidential election in 1980 when Ronald Reagan defeated the incumbent Jimmy Carter. In 1980, just as in 2012, America was facing potential catastrophe, both economically and in foreign affairs.  On Nov. 4, 1979 Iranian militants breached the United States Embassy in Tehran and took 70 Americans hostage.  These hostages were held for 444 days until after President Reagan was inaugurated, while a new Nightline TV program was counting the days of their captivity.  The American economy was in free fall, taxes were high, government revenues were low, mortgage rates were 14-17% or even higher, gas lines sometimes extended around the block and President Carter was advocating wearing sweaters to save fuel oil.  The federal government was headed for bankruptcy much faster than the average citizen realized at the time.

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