True Jesus Church in Dallas

09/03/2026

07/22/2026

"We used to be sinners, unworthy of God’s love. But God, through His divine grace, called us into His fold. We were grateful and determined to be His followers.

This tremendous conversion experience is the indelible memory that stays with us as long as we take our Christian identity seriously. We may however, react inadequately to the experience of grace and love.

We have recognised that God is a merciful God. He is also almighty - so lofty and transcendent that we feel our lowliness. His omnipotence and absolute goodness, manifested in His redemptive act, sometimes appear so overwhelming that we feel ourselves all the more humbled and totally dependent on Him. We feel secure with this sentiment. We regard our self-abasement as a virtue that makes us more deserving of God’s grace.

We hold that our nothingness in contrast to God’s almightiness is the appropriate description that defines our relationship with Him.

Gradually our understanding of God as an active, all-giving figure and ourselves as passive, receiving beings is reasonably justified. This is indeed a misconception.

It prevents us from being mature and responsible Christians. Hebrews instructs us to “leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity” (Heb 6:1), emphasising the importance of growing from spiritual childhood to adulthood (Heb 5:1 2-14).

The Apostle Paul specifies that mature manhood should be understood against “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Eph 4:13).

In other words, continual growth and progress is required of us Christians, and Christ is the criterion by which we measure our growth.

🔗 Read the full article, "Growing into the Full Stature of Christ", through the link here:
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05/11/2026

Oftentimes in the Bible before a servant is used by God to do mighty works, they go through a period of quietness. In 1 Kings 17:1-7, God commanded Elijah to hide by Brook Cherith after he had proclaimed a drought. While Elijah was there, he made use of the opportunity to quiet down his heart. He did not talk to anyone, see anything, or hear any news since the only thing that he would have seen was God’s daily providence of bread and meat. It is because of this quietness in his environment that his heart was able to refocus on God and be strengthened.

In contrast, the Israelites were physically freed from the bo***ge of Egypt and were in the wilderness, but their hearts were still in Egypt. In Exodus 17:1-7, the Israelites complained to God over the lack of water and felt Egypt was better. They could not see or appreciate God’s power and providence even though they were also fed daily with manna. While Elijah was strengthened, the Israelites died in the wilderness. The difference was in the quietness of the heart.

When we encounter difficulties in our lives, God tells us that our strength is in quietness. We can only quiet down our hearts when we focus on God in a quiet environment. Disconnect from media, take a step back from our social circles; wake up early in the morning to reflect on His words and promises, attend a church seminar, or go to church earlier to pray in quietness. When our environment is quiet, it is much easier to quiet our hearts as well. In this quietness we can fully pursue and focus on God—then He will give us strength.

Reflection Questions
1. The next time you come across difficulties, what will you do to quiet your heart?

🔗 Read the full article, "Strength in Quietness", through the link here:

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05/11/2026

BIBLE VERSE REFLECTION

"Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice." (John 18:37b)

There are many voices in our world today—the values of this world constantly clash with the values of God. Being exposed to so many voices, how will we make our choice? Do we really treat God as our King? Do we walk in the truth?

04/30/2026

The natural response of adoration for God is total surrender.

In John’s heavenly vision, the twenty-four elders sat on thrones, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads (Rev 4:4). They had been given great honor and glory. However, John records that they fell down “before Him who sits on the throne and [worshipped] Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne.” (Rev 4:10). The word “cast” means “throw.” These elders threw their crowns of gold down when they worshiped God! Before the majestic and splendor of God, the only place fit for their crowns was the ground.

Before our Lord Almighty, our treasures become rubbish (cf. Phil 3:8); our wisdom becomes foolishness; our strength becomes weakness (cf. 1Cor 1:25); and our righteous garments become filthy rags (Isa 64:6). As we come into the sanctuary and bow down to the King of kings, we cannot but confess our utter insufficiency and cast before His throne everything that makes us proud.

Our Lord Jesus taught us that true worship does not depend on where we worship but whether we worship in spirit and in truth (Jn 4:21-24). On the one hand, God wants us to bow before Him not only outwardly, but sincerely with our spiritual being and in complete truthfulness.

On the other hand, and taking our worship a genuine step further, it is important for us to surrender our spirits to His spirit and our truthfulness to His truth. Sincerity is not enough. A person can be sincerely wrong. We cannot worship and serve God according to our own ways and will; we must surrender to His ways and His will. That is worship, and it is a daily action.

🔗 Read the full article, "Bowing Down in Adoration and Surrender", through the link here:
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04/28/2026

By recalling God’s blessings and remembering that He always looks out for the benefit of His children, we have every assurance that although He may not provide for us in the way we want, ultimately His provision is the best. When God appears on the scene later than we expect, we should not be the ones who gave up on Him, like the passengers who didn’t think the bus would ever arrive. Instead, we are able to wait because we know He will come to our aid.

So the question we posed, “Where is the line where I can stop waiting?” now becomes, “How do I push that line to the horizon, where I am willing to submit to God’s will?”

In Hebrews 11, we read about the patriarchs and prophets, whose faith knew no boundaries. They believed and lived by God’s promises to the day they died. Some never saw the fulfillment of God’s promise to them in their lifetimes, and yet they believed.

Our patience is bound by our faith in God’s promises. When our patience runs out while waiting for God to show us His way, it means we have lost faith in God. While it is not easy to endure the seemingly eternal time it might take for something we want to happen, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith (Heb 12:2), will give us the strength to be patient.

Basically, the length of time we are willing to wait for God boils down to whether we truly believe in our hearts that God will fulfill our requests, and whether our hearts are open to the fact that God may fulfill our requests in an alternative way, and perhaps even at an alternative time.

🔗 Read the full article, "Patience in Waiting", through the link here:

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04/17/2026

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
And the spirit will return to God who gave it. (Eccl 12:7)

When our life on earth ends, what will become of us? The Bible tells us that our bodies will return to dust, but this is not the end of the story. The Lord has a plan for faithful Christians when He comes again. Our lowly bodies will be resurrected and transformed to conform to His glorious, incorruptible body and receive our heavenly citizenship and inheritance (Phil 3:20–21; 1 Cor 15:52).

Therefore, life is not just about our flesh; it is primarily about the spirit. The animating breath that brought life to our bodies of dust is the same breath that conveys God's word. While the body can be sustained with bread and water, the spirit cannot survive without the teachings of the Bible, which explains the spiritual sickness under which humanity toils. We must recognize our infirmity and turn once again to the Bible. It is only through strengthening our relationship with God and His healing word that we can revive our conscience, remove the tumor of self-centeredness, neutralize the influence of lust on our bodies, and return to total spiritual health.

🔗 Read the full article, "God's Word and I", through the link here:
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