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Eben-Ezer Christian CLUB, 12932 SE Center Street, Portland, OR (2026)

10/04/2022

God is on our side.

08/21/2022

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01/03/2020

When Moses asked God His name. He said, “My name is I Am.” He was saying, “I am everything. I am protection. I am strength. I am healing. I am provision. I am deliverance. I am wisdom. I am favor.” Nothing can stand against our God. When he speaks, worlds come into existence. He’s working out His purpose for your life. Quit worrying, focused on how big your problems are. Start focusing on how big your God is.

12/31/2019

In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
—John 3:3
"Fast away the old year passes..." But we can be new and fresh and clean (cf. 2 Cor. 4:17). Kingdom people are those who have been born fresh and new through the power of the Spirit and the grace of god (cf. John 3:3-7; Titus 3:3-7; John 1:11). So as we close out the old year, with its good things and bad, achievements and failures, successes and disappointments, let's approach the New Year as Kingdom people. God's mercies are new every morning and our lives can be made new everyday by the Holy Spirit who lives in us. Yes, we have been born again. But each sunrise offers us the opportunity to be made new, to live in a fresh new way, as God's grace rekindles our hopes and the Holy Spirit makes us new as we trust in Jesus our Lord.

10/14/2019

Romans 12:2
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

05/21/2019

I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. — Ephesians 1:17 NIV
Devotion
I keep asking God for myself, my family, my friends, and my fellow believers what the Apostle Paul asks for the Ephesian Church in our verse for today. Virtually every day, I ask for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation. I ask, because I want us to know God better. I want us to have God's perspective on things. Without His perspective, we're in the dark. Without His perspective, we won't know what He has for us.

Without His perspective, we won't know the hope to which He has called us. (Ephesians 1:18) In Christ, we have hope for a glorious future. That hope is for our lives in the present age and for our lives in the age to come. Salvation is ours. Redemption is ours. I want us to have the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that we will have the fullness of that hope. I want us to have it so that we won't be tempted to give up on everything we can have and everything we can be. I want us to have it so that we will keep moving forward in life, ever higher and further.

Moreover, without His perspective, we won't know the riches of His glorious inheritance in His holy people. (Ephesians 1:18) We won't know that, in Christ, we are heirs and we have an inheritance. It is an inheritance that has many riches. The riches involve more than just wealth and money, although it includes that. The riches of His glorious inheritance are the riches of a full and complete life, a life without lack in any respect. Although we may still have trials, troubles, tribulations, and persecutions in the present age, in Christ we have an inheritance of abundant life. (John 10:10)

Even more, without His perspective, we won't know His incomparably great power for us who believe. (Ephesians 1:18) Paul says that this power is "the same as the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms." (Ephesians 1:19) It is, in other words, resurrection power. It is life-giving power. Without God's perspective we won't know that the miraculous can be a reality in our lives. Miracles of healing and of every other kind can be ours.

If I, like Paul, may keep asking, then you may do the same.

04/23/2019

Psalm 146:1-2
Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

I love how the psalmist is somewhat talking to himself in these first two verses. First he says; “Praise the Lord O my soul.” He is directing himself to praise God. Then in answer to himself he says, “I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to God as long as I live.” Now he states, not only will I praise the Lord right now, I will praise Him all my life…and furthermore, I will not just praise Him in words I will also sing my praises to God forevermore!
How this attitude of abundant praise must please God! The guy’s heart is just bursting with praise and joy before his awesome God. They are not sure who penned this Psalm, but I vote for David, it sure sounds like his narrative in other Psalms. But no matter who wrote it, the Holy Spirit inspired it and we should pay close attention to it. He goes on in the chapter to list some of the many attributes of the God of Jacob, the one and only true and living God that we serve!

We all have bad days, days when things are just going in a different direction than we would like. On those days, how it helps to just stop all the negative thoughts and start praising God for the blessings that He has shown us in life. For all the protection He gives, the needs that He meets, and for all that love that He shows us in numerous ways daily. He sent Jesus, His only Son, to die for our sins so that we can spend eternity in heaven instead of hell when we leave this world. We can always praise Him for that no matter our current circumstances in life!

What a glorious and loving God we worship. I will never cease to be amazed that He loves me, but I am so very glad that He does and that I can call Him Father, and He calls me His child. Praise His Holy name!

My wonderful Abba Father, how I love You! Thank You for Your care and keeping of me throughout my life, thank You for loving me, for forgiving my sins, and for never forsaking me. I give You all my heart felt praise this day, Amen!

03/12/2019

“For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth,
and the former things shall not be remembered
or come into mind.
- Isaiah 65:17

"I, yes I, am the one who comforts you.
So why are you afraid of mere humans,
who wither like the grass and disappear?
- Isaiah 51:12 (NLT)

For, "All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
but the word of the Lord endures forever."
And this is the word that was preached to you.
- 1 Peter 1:24-25

Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will never pass away.
- Matthew 24:35

Lord, You are our Rock and our Salvation.
Your word endures forever and we trust in You.
Others come and go, and the world will pass away,
but Your words will never pass away.
We thank You for the truth and grace
that came through Jesus Christ,
and we pray this in His name,
Amen

02/18/2019

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.

We are instructed repeatedly throughout God’s Word to give Him thanks. When God says something once, we should listen, when He says it over and over again we had better pay close attention!
Years ago when I was counseling at a bible camp a teenage girl asked me, “Mary, why does God tell us to praise and thank Him, I never tell people to thank me.”
My response was, when we are praising and thanking God, we are focusing on Him, not ourselves. Nothing we do is ever deserving of the kind of thanks and praise that He deserves. He is due our eternal thanks for He is perfect and does more for us than we will ever even know until we are in heaven someday. God is our Protector, Deliverer, Sustainer, Provider…etc. He created us and loved us when we were so very unlovable;
Romans 5:8
But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.

God is good, and His love endures forever. Nothing in this world lasts forever. It seems that every time I turn around they are updating my computer, smartphone, and even my car’s computer! I do not like change, well God never changes (Malachi 3:6) and He will always love me for I am His blood bought child (Romans 8:35-39). There is such comfort in the fact that I can never exhaust God’s love for me. Nothing can ever separate me from God because of the blood of Christ that covers all my sins. Knowing this fact makes me want to live for Him and to have a thankful heart before Him each day as I rise and each night as I lie down.
What a truly awesome God we serve! Have you given Him thanks today?

Father God, thank You for Your never ending love for me. Thank You for rescuing me from myself and for giving me hope in a hopeless world. You are my all in all and I praise You this day for Your greatness. I love You so Abba, Amen!

06/07/2018

Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night.
—Psalm 90:2 and 4

01/26/2018

Please Join us in Prayer for the City of Portland! Tomorrow at TaborSpace From 5:00PM to 7:00PM. Be blessed as you come.

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