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God is the first One; I minister unto the Lord, and you are ministered unto as He desires. I minister unto the Lord and my testimony goes to you when […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
God is the first One; I minister unto the Lord, and you are ministered unto as He desires. I minister unto the Lord and my testimony goes to you when […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
As we open to Page 1 of our Bibles, we carry with us expectations. One of those expectations may be that this Book will prove that God is who He […] The post The Song of the Beginning appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
We read a very scary list toward the end of the Bible in the book of Revelation: “But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the […] The post Come to the Waters, Seek His Face appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Have you ever caught yourself wishing that someone were dead? Seriously – have you wanted to see someone struck by lightning? Two of the Apostles did. The “sons of thunder” […] The post Curse Words appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
A garden is a place a beauty, beauty that is growing more beautiful. It is a place where life in its quietness and subtlety slowly unfolds itself to the eyes […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
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We don’t like the mess we have gotten ourselves into. This is a fact of life. The lie of the snake in the Garden was that we could make ourselves […] The post Make Your Complaint and Thank Him appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
‘Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord’ Psalm 107:43 “They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor […] The post Lovingkindness appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The Holy Spirit is truly the Trinity's Gift to us while we are on the earth with a mission to fulfill the Great Commission. He helps, counsels, comforts, strengthens, and intercedes for us. Let us continually receive Grace to not insult, resist, grieve or quench this Precious Spirit of Grace but rather to co-labor with Him in bringing Glory to the Father, edifying the Body of Christ, and proclaiming the Gospel of Grace to the world and winning the lost. The post “The Immeasurable Ministry o...| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Kiss the Son, lest He be angry. …” (Psalm 2:12). The Psalms, like everything else in our Bibles, are ultimately about Jesus. Almost immediately in the book we get Psalm […] The post Kiss the Son appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Ecclesiastes 3:14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
There is no casual worship. We can worship in a subway car, on a baseball field, or even in a jail cell; we can worship in a swimsuit, a three-piece […] The post There Is No Casual Worship appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Unless the Lord builds the House, they labor in vain who build it …” (Psalm 127:1) The Flood of Noah accomplished a reset for the earth and her inhabitants. A […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
We are on a journey through a world that is not our true Home. We seek the “City whose Builder and Maker is God” according the Hebrews 11:10. Note the […] The post Songs to Sing Along the Way appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey […] The post Judgment Must Begin appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Will I bring my tithe into communion? Will I enter into communion as I wash the dishes in my sink? We do not have an absent father, we have an […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
"But grow in the Grace, knowledge, and understanding of the Lord Jesus Christ ", Peter said in II Peter 3:18. It's not by our power that we do so, but according to the working of HIS mighty power in us. We simply yield our lives to HIm to work in us to will and then do what He desires, and by Grace through faith, He takes us beyond our present capacities spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and even physically, and we find ourselves being changed from glory to glory!| GGWO Church Baltimore
” … so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous” Romans 5:19b Friends, by one man’s disobedience, many were made sinners. This one man was Adam, who’s […] The post Obedience of One appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
I never need to start a prayer; God has already spoken to me and continues to do so, I only ever need to enter into the conversation. He loves me, […] The post Prayer – Eternal Conversation appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Nay, we have renounced the secrecy which marks a feeling of shame. We practice no cunning tricks, nor do we adulterate God’s Message. But by a full clear statement of […] The post Christ Crucified, Eternal Scope appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Glad to stay and glad to go; ready to stay and ready to go. Only a believer would go so far, and only a believer would stand so firm. I […] The post Family Adventure appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“…You understand my thought from afar. You scrutinize my path and my lying down, and are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word on my […] The post God Is Listening appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Death comes once and is done for a believer in Christ. The doorway which death opened and closed behind it exists still, but cannot be gone through backwards. Only, the […] The post One and Done appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6). […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
Athorough study of Scripture reveals so much about yokes. Since ancient times, yokes have been used with animals such as oxen to help farmers manage the tasks of plowing and […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
There is something threatening about closed doors. We all face them. Sometimes a door is closed because we are intimidated by what it seems to be. It is almost as […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
The Psalms is the book of the Bible that allows space for our feelings. And one of the feelings that we really need help with is the feeling of guilt. […] The post Feelings and Forgiveness appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have You ordained strength because of Your enemies, that You might still the enemy and the avenger” (Psalm 8:2) “For You formed […] The post Well-Known, Much Valued appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Come up and see, and I will show you things to come.” Jesus extended this invitation to John the Apostle in Revelation 4. At once, he went in the Spirit […] The post The Scene of Sovereignty appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Passover time arrived, and the Lamb of God was where He had to be to do what He had to do. Some in Jerusalem were in no mood to celebrate […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
The middle part of our Bibles is called the poetic section or the wisdom literature. These books are for our hearts and souls. The things that we learn in reading […] The post Psalms and the Music of the Shepherd appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Paul wrote "whatsoever is not of faith is sin" (Rom.14:23). He also penned in Romans 6:11, "consider yourselves dead to sin but alive to God". So to enjoy all that God is and all that He has, we must simply exercise faith - i.e., believe! - that we are already dead to self, the senses, and all that is of the old sin nature. We ARE alive to God! And we live and live by His faith, our minds and affections set on things Above, and thus we enjoy Him and what we cannot see or experience by our sen...| GGWO Church Baltimore
The soil of my heart, or the heart of any person, must be good and honest. This is what the parable of the sower of seed teaches in Matthew 13. […] The post A Good and Honest Heart appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
I was asked the question this morning “How do you know what to pray?” It gave me pause; it made me think of the fact that I pray like a […] The post How Do I Know What To Pray? appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Who will roll away the stone?” This weighed on the minds of a trio of women – Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome. They awoke and moved […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
“He saved others, Himself He cannot save. …” These were mocking words directed at Jesus as He hung on the Cross at Golgotha. Yes, these were words meant to wound the Son. These were also words most true. Jesus possessed all power and all knowledge. He knew what was possible. This taunting was stirred by […] The post ‘Himself He Cannot Save’ appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The crisis point comes to every one of us when it comes to following Jesus. We see it most clearly in Mark 14. In reading its words, we find out about those who are all-in for Him and those who have their doubts about Him. The Savior is at a table in a house in […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
Jesus entered the Temple and pronounced His judgment. The Son was astonished at what was going on in the structure upon which the Lord set His Name. He saw what this place had become. Its defilement fueled His sacred rage. He cleared out all of those doing business there. The thieves at work were chased […] The post Keep Watch as We Wait appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
A man ventured to sail solo on a trip which would take him completely around the world. It was a contest and the feat had not yet been accomplished in the known world. The rules put him in a sailing vessel alone and he was never to touch land until the entire voyage was over. […] The post Sailing appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Three Marys model three vital components of a satisfied, fruitful, and tenacious life of Faith: (1) listen attentively to the Word of God and make this a priority in our lives; (2) ponder and meditate on what we have heard, letting our hearts keep His Words that we have taken in: (3) and keeping ourselves in the Love of God and resting in It as He does, which will constrain us to follow Him wholeheartedly to the end, willing to give up our lives for others because His relentless Love for us p...| GGWO Church Baltimore
Reading the Bible, we encounter plenty of instructions and commands. In the first books, the ones written by Moses, there are 613 of them. That’s a lot of rules to keep track of. And we wonder why it is so hard for us to live as God intended us to live? At times the Israelites […] The post The Great Commandment and Our Two Cents appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
A donkey and a fig tree. The Lord made them both. He sought to use each of them. The donkey was a colt, a young animal never ridden before. Jesus sent His disciples to fetch it for Him. This was to be His transport in Jerusalem. A stallion – large, muscular, and regal in appearance […] The post The Donkey and the Fig Tree appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“… Rabbi, let me recover my sight” (Mark 10:51). To see with new eyes, that’s what this blind man wanted. And he believed Jesus, the Son of David, could give him this gift. He cried out as Jesus passed by, and at first he was told to shut up. This only made him more determined. […] The post How to See appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
What were we made for? How would we have turned out if Adam and Eve had not fallen? I think the Mount of Transfiguration account gives us the answer. Jesus said that some would “see the Kingdom in power.” Three of His Apostles witnessed the essence of all power at this place described in Mark […] The post Glory and Flames appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
In this Age of Distraction, may the Lord pour out His Grace on us to (1) stay in the most excellent and highest way (of His Love, I Cor.12:31); (2) to hear, read, receive the Word of God richly and hide it in our hearts; and (3) to be occupied with the weightier matters of life which concern Him most: Righteousness, Justice, Mercy, and Faithfulness to God and to man (Matt.23:23; Prov.16:6). The post The Weight of Matters appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“How many loaves do you have?” This is the first of several questions Jesus posed in Mark 8. He had taught the people for hours in an out of the way place. He understood that His hearers needed food. The disciples were anxious about His desire to feed the group. There were so many people. […] The post Loaves, Signs and Sight appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
What a remarkable God we have: He takes people who cannot keep themselves alive, and He keeps them alive. He takes people who cannot see or hear Him, and He reveals Himself and speaks to them. He takes people who cannot keep from falling, and He causes them to stand. He loves those who have […] The post Marvelous appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Reading through the gospels, we find interesting moments when Jesus was challenged by the ones who claimed to be servants of God and His Law. In Mark 7, we see that the Pharisees and scribes wanted to know why the disciples of Jesus failed to wash their hands before eating bread. This wasn’t so much […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
Nazareth had something of a hardscrabble reputation. Nathaniel expressed this about the place where Jesus spent His youth when he said to Philip, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” (see John 1:46). This small town got a good deal of traffic as it was situated near well-used trade and administrative thoroughfares. It never grew […] The post ‘Take Heart, It Is I … ‘ appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Luke 6:45 gives strong motivation to store God's Word in our hearts, letting the Holy Spirit teach us, so that great will be the possibility of (1) our having a word in season for others - delivered at an opportune moment; of (2) our blessing the Lord with the words of our mouths and the meditations of our hearts; and of (3) being blessed ourselves! The post A Word … in A Moment appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Three seekers, three deliverances: this is what the text of Mark 5 gives to us. The records of the events contained in these sentences reveal the Son’s command over demons, disease, and death. This chapter also points to what the action of faith can bring about. First, let’s note that the chapter begins with the […] The post Seekers and the Savior appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The Word of God gets scattered like seed, Jesus said in Mark 4. The sower goes forth to sow. Seed requires certain conditions in order to flourish and produce fruit. Not everyone realizes the life that is contained in a seed. Those given to planting and harvesting understand the power of seed. Farmers do. Gardeners […] The post Sower, Seed and Soil appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Take heed that no man deceive you!” Keep your eyes open, lest some one may or may not deceive you at any point in time. So taught Jesus, referring to the days before His coming back in Matthew 24:10. Paul was referring to the same last time when he wrote, “But evil men and seducers […] The post Take Heed that No Man Deceive You! appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
In between my birth and death, I will receive and acquire money, some amount, more or less. I will spend it and save it, give it and lose it, invest it and waste it, and then I will be gone. The value of what I do with this money is determined by my love. I […] The post Money And Love appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
”Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you” John 15:3 Some Galatian Christians had fallen from grace, and the Hebrew Christians were warned about failing the grace of God. What action or what failure caused the fall or fail? Well, some Galatians took on circumcision as a prerequisite for salvation. […] The post Ye are Washed, Ye are Sanctified, Ye are Justified appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is My brother, and My sister, and mother” (Mark 3:35). This is the final verse of Mark 3. There’s a lot that happens in this chapter. The conclusion says something really important for us. Jesus made this statement after He got word that Mary, His […] The post Giving Someone a Hand appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The reality of who Jesus is neatly unfolds for us in Mark 2. Read carefully and take note of how He began to tell people of His eternal identity. There are a number of characteristics of the Son that we can see here. He shows Himself to be the Forgiver of sins, the Physician who […] The post Forgiver, Healer, Bridegroom and Rest appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
II Cor.4:7 “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves;” Frailty makes much room […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
When we realize the inestimable value of our sins being imputed to the Lord in exchange for His Righteousness being imputed to us, we will not hesitate to avail ourselves of His abundant Grace in order to walk from faith to faith in His promises, thus receiving imparted Righteousness and revealing the One Who IS our Righteousness! The post “Seeking HIS Righteousness” appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
God wants to talk with me about everything, even those things that I do not want to talk with Him about. I think I want to be intimate with God, but then, I find that for everything I am willing to talk with Him concerning, there are ten things I hesitate over, or will not […] The post Kiss The Son appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Jesus affected everyone He came into contact with – visible and invisible. Sometimes the reaction to the Son was one of attraction. He walked by the Sea of Galilee and a group of fishermen were busy chasing after the day’s catch. Soon, Peter, John, Andrew, and James left their nets behind. What did He say […] The post Attraction, Astonishment and Offense appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“… The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand: repent and believe the Gospel” (Mark 1:15) This was the message that Jesus announced. The people of Israel had been awaiting the coming of Messiah. He declared that this moment had come. What triggered this announcement? It seems related to the imprisonment […] The post The Kingdom of Friends appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“The Spirit immediately drove Him out into the wilderness. And He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And He was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to Him” (Mark 1:12-13) Jesus vs. the devil. The ultimate battle of the universe. The Prince of Peace vs. the prince and power of the air. […] The post Jesus Faces the Devil appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
What is normal for people made brand new? What is usual, typical, what should be expected? Brand new things are normal, and the abnormal are those things of the old. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” (II Cor.5:17) […] The post What Are The Things That Are Normal? appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Do I desire the intimacy that God desires? I surprise myself: often I do not desire it. But God never stops desiring it, and in His gentle but relentless love, I am called again and again, “Michael, you are Mine, and I am yours, come to Me.” God wants to share with me every detail […] The post Intimacy appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The Lord Jesus Christ has finished the work needed to reconcile us to God and to atone for our sins. Once He ascended to Heaven, He did what no other high priest had ever done under the Old Covenant: He sat down; He rested from His labors on our behalf. But He did more: He raised us up together with Him and seated us at the Right Hand of the Father so that we could enter HIS rest, even right now while we are on the earth! Let's enjoy this rest and the blessed quiet that He has promised to all...| GGWO Church Baltimore
The voice was heard. It came out of the wilderness. This is how the gospel of Mark opens. It spoke of the coming of the Messiah, a figure the people of Israel had long expected. Little did they know that this Redeemer was already in their midst. The voice announcing His emergence belonged to one […] The post The Voice from the Wilderness appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
A skeptic doubts, but something deeper had happened to make them doubters. A true skeptic questions things because he or she just cannot find ability to believe. For them, this inability to believe something, without a total analysis, hinders the simplicity of them seeing the invisible. But what consists the criterion for a skeptic’s analysis […] The post Not Idols but True Foundations appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Behold, I am making all things new …” These words came from “He who sits on the Throne.” John wrote them down, as he was told to. But he was also commissioned to share them. The scene before the Apostle was pure triumph. Enemies, every last one of them, had now been put down. This […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
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A messenger came to a handmaid. These two beings carried hearts of remarkable humility, I think. Gabriel, the messenger, arrived in Nazareth, a tiny nondescript village in the northern reaches of Judea. It was a shabby little highway town. He came to visit Mary, a virgin girl engaged to the town’s carpenter, Joseph, as we […]| GGWO Church Baltimore
Before Isaiah told the Israelites that they would "hear a word behind them saying, 'This is the way; walk in it ...'" ( Isaiah 30:21), he reminded them of the Nature and Character of the One Who was giving that word (v.18-20). When we as the Body of Christ are pressed on all sides by the Love that Christ has for us personally, we will trust His Voice and His Word and be willing to walk in HIS Love, "the highest way", "the blameless way", in the Sanctuary, away from sin, guilt, shame, and blam...| GGWO Church Baltimore
Behold the Lamb. The Baptist proclaimed this message to his followers. When Jesus arrived, the forerunner cleared the air and made plain the character of the Messiah and His Mission. The Lamb came to take away the sin of the world. The Apostle John heard this declaration and believed. He began to follow Jesus. At […] The post The Scroll and its Seals appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Two mites. It was all that she had and she gave it away. She tossed those small coins into the treasury at the Temple in Jerusalem, according to Luke 21. There, amid the large donations dropped in by the wealthier ones in the community, these mites would seemingly get lost. They were not lost to […] The post Two Mites and Falling Rocks appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Silent night, holy night. All is calm. All is bright. Is this really how the Christmas story goes? Did the coming of the Son really mean that the world would now sleep in heavenly peace? Right. One guy I don’t think got a whole lot of sleep for sometime was Joseph. Jesus as an infant […] The post Silent? Calm? Not for Joseph appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“Be strengthened with might, by my spirit in the inner man.” Strengthen? “To empower, that is, (passively) increase in vigor” (Strong’s Concordance) Might? “Force (literally or figuratively); specifically miraculous power (usually by implication a miracle itself); ability, abundance, meaning, might” (Strong). “Inherent power, power residing in a thing by virtue of its nature, or which […] The post Strengthened with Might appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
It is amazing how beautiful the Church of Christ is: she is loved by God, and it is the love of God that makes things beautiful. She is desired by Him, defended by Him; Christ waits eagerly to marry her. She is His beloved. I am full of rejoicing to be included in her: chosen, […] The post Christ’s Beautiful Church appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Heaven answered Hell. This is the real point of the Christmas story. The true Light came into the world. See John 1:9. It happened in the manger at Bethlehem, a small town set in a region shadowed by religious and political turmoil. Dawn came when the night most exercised its presence and force. For this […] The post The Revelation Christmas Story appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
After the Father draws us to the Son unto salvation (John 6:44), The Son draws us to Himself, calling us into the most amazing and intimate relationship that our hearts could ever hope for. Then He calls us to something, a specific call according to the measure of Faith and of Grace that He has bestowed upon each individual believer (Rom.12:3; Eph.4:7). Let us receive Grace to not miss enjoying maximumly the first call - to Himself - by focusing more on what He's called us to do. The post Cal...| GGWO Church Baltimore
In the same way that youth need to learn how to begin life, the elderly need to learn how to end life. I spent the first quarter of my life learning how to enter the life that God gives; now, most likely, I have entered the last quarter of my life, and I need to […] The post Young And Old Alike appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“It is strange if what concerns a believer is different than what concerns God.” – Pastor Willis Moses. I find myself far from this truth until God calls it to my attention. I need His help with my interests. There is a normal Christian life: it is revealed by the word of God by the […] The post Choosing My Words With The Holy Spirit appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Sometimes I get offended; when I do, there is one simple question for me to ask: I ask myself “Michael, do you love, are you loving right now?” In most cases, when I find myself in offense, I do not also find myself in love. I am responsible for whether I am offended or not. […] The post What Will I Do With Offense? appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The Voice of the Lord is the important element in Bible stories. We discover this very early in our reading of the Word. See Genesis 1:3 “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” After falling into sin, Adam and Eve heard the Voice walking in the Garden to find them. Voices […] The post Noah and the Voice of God appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
A snake and a sneer, a trick question posed to an undiscerning ear. This is what set up mankind for the great Fall. Don’t eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was the simple truth communicated. Eat from all of the other trees. Eat all you want from them. Sure, no […] The post The Great Fall Got an Answer appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The Beginning. It matters. It matters a lot. Our origins are important. We have to talk about how things started. Where did we come from? How did we get here? Genesis was a message to the people of Israel communicated through Moses. It was book of stories that showed us how the Lord got things […] The post For Starters, Substance Matters appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Fearful. Frightened. Gripped by their unbelief. Two disciples got out of town. Jerusalem was unsafe, especially now that the body of Jesus was gone. Cleopas and his unnamed companion were shell shocked as described in the central story given to us in Luke 24. They set out for Emmaus. It was less than a day’s […] The post Jesus Shows Himself Alive appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
There is no disconnect between what we call our spiritual life and our so called natural life. We are indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God and he does not take a break while we are earning money, spending money, vacationing, studying for a degree, making breakfast. He is always guiding. He is always convicting. […] The post Do We Seek A Balance? appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Luke 23 is the chapter of the Cross. It, to me, is best described as a chapter of sound, of voices mostly. It requires reading with our imagination. We have to let our minds hear all that happens. Jesus has been betrayed, arrested, denied. He stood disowned. His own people have purposed to forsake Him. […] The post The Sounds of the Cross appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Do I try to provide for my wife beyond the provision of God? Do I seek a house for her when God intends for an apartment? Do I seek a car for her when God intends buses and trains? Perhaps I seek interest bearing long-term investments when God desires mission trips and a stay on […] The post What Will I Give To My Wife? appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Proverbs 10:24 “The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. “ Job 3:25 “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.” We can surmise that, like faith, fear sets a […] The post Not Fear but Faith appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Jesus talked and He got people talking. His words carried an authority that listeners could sense, if they were listening with the right motives at heart. At the end of Luke 19, we read that His teaching took His listeners captive. What they were hearing changed them. Why? Because it was Good News. He declared […] The post Jesus Faces Questions appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“He rests in His love.” Zephaniah 3:17 “The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people.” Deuteronomy 7:7 Have you ever wondered about the significance of God’s love? What is it? What does it do? […] The post God’s Love and Man’s Best appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
“And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul” (Psalm 106:15) “This effect often occurs. In the gratification of their desires, in great temporal success and prosperity, individuals, churches, nations, often forget their dependence on God; lose their sense of the value of spiritual privileges and blessings: are satisfied with their condition; […] The post Soul Leanness vs. Spiritual Prosperity appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The past was not better; God is here with me today. When I long for the things of the past, I need to turn and take what God is handing to me today. God has brought me into eternal life; that has changed my relationship with temporal things. I can still appreciate things of my […] The post Past And Present appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
The hands of Jesus – imagine them. What a precious picture this should be for us. See the nail-scarred hands of the Son and see all things as being in those hands. This is the whole point of what we read about in Revelation 5 and 6. The Lamb of God took hold of the […] The post All in the Hands of the Lamb appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
My wife should be even more glad to be married to me after twenty years of marriage than she was when we were first married. If my ministry to her as a husband has been, and is, of the Lord, then this can be so. When we are both walking, living by the Spirit of […] The post Husband And Wife appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
Two brothers. Two sisters. These four people are at the heart of the story of Israel, the people of God. There are some common elements that we read in the book of Genesis. Two women are barren for long seasons of their lives. Trickery is employed by one character to gain a particular blessing, and […] The post Family Dynamics and the Purpose of God appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
What we can't possibly know nor understand now regarding what it was like for the Lord Jesus Christ to to leave Heaven and come to earth and experience all that He did, we will know in Heaven; because we will be just as He is, and we will know even as we are known. For now, we seize the privilege of living by Faith - the only way to please God - to grasp even minimally the price He paid to redeem humanity to Himself. The post What Was It Like … appeared first on GGWO Church Baltimore.| GGWO Church Baltimore
