Posted on Dec 8, 2018 by Claudine Broussard in Blog, Christian Life, Devotional | Tags: Baptist church in Cape Breton, Christian, Christian life, faith, humble, humility, just, justly, mercy, Micah, Northside Baptist Church, walking with God
What is the measure of your success as a Christian? What is God looking for in His children? If you’ve been a Christian for a while, you may have heard the following:
“God wants you to glorify Him in everything you do.”
“You need to find God’s perfect will for your life and follow it.”
“God commands you to love your neighbour as yourself.”
While all of these statements are Biblically accurate, they can all be summarized in one brief verse from the prophet Micah.
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” (Micah 6:8)
Let’s take a closer look at 3 things that God requires from us.
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Posted on Oct 15, 2018 by Claudine Broussard in Blog, Christian Life, Devotional | Tags: christ, Christlike love, church in Sydney Mines, humble, jesus, kindness, love, Northside Baptist Church, patience, selfishness
As God’s sons and daughters, He wants us to be transformed into the image of His Son. Although we cannot have His infinite wisdom or power, we can develop His humility, His kindness, His joy, and, most of all, His love. What does Jesus’ love look like? Here are several key descriptions that we’ve taken from the classic love chapter, 1 Corinthians 13.
Read on to learn 7 characteristics of Christlike love.
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Posted on Jul 5, 2018 by Claudine Broussard in Blog, Christian Life, Devotional | Tags: A. W. Tozer, church in North Sydney, church in Sydney Mines, God's holiness, holiness, holy, holy God, humble, Northside Baptist Church, salvation, sin, The Knowledge of the Holy
Each person has been created with an inborn God-consciousness…an understanding that there is an unapproachable, powerful Presence living throughout the whole universe. Rudolf Otto argued that “the numinous” was part of every human mind, referring to the God-consciousness of man. The holiness of God is difficult for mortal man to understand. And, when man is confronted with the Presence of God, he is overwhelmed and brought to his knees. Why is this?
How can we know a holy, unapproachable God?
