Study Desk

Because we ride for this brand already, we've received an inheritance from God. He chose us before we were born and everything works according to his plan.

Some of us Jews were the first to ride for the brand and bring glory and honor to God.

Now, even outsiders are allowed into God's crew. This doesn't happen because they are top hands, it's because they believed the good news. And when you believe the good news, the Holy Ghost comes in and rides with you. This was a promise God made to us long ago.

I have been thanking God for bringing you in. I'm always praying for y'all.

I ride right up to the big boss, Jesus's daddy, and ask him to give y'all the Holy Ghost. When the Spirit rides with you, you'll get wisdom and knowledge that can't be found anywhere else. And we use this to grow closer to God. Nothing trumps the need to know him better.

My prayer is that God will light a fire in your hearts so you can understand just how much he loves you. When you can tie onto this, your hope will outweigh everything else. He's called y'all to be his cowboys, and a great inheritance waits for each of us who ride for the brand.

that brought Jesus back from the coffin is the one that's camped inside us right now. It's the same power that made a place for him at the right hand of God.

We follow a man who God gave all authority in heaven and earth to.

There's no stick, rock, or cowboy who don't fall under the authority of Jesus. God made Jesus the ramrod of his outfit. Or, in other words, Jesus is the head of the church.

You weren't just hung up, you were being dragged to death just like the rest of the world. You didn't listen to God, you flat-out followed the devil himself into every bedroom and bottle you could find. He ain't no outlaw to be trifled with. He's the leader of hell itself and you were riding for him.

But the truth is, all of us used to act like that. We only followed what felt good at the moment. We thought we were doing what we wanted, but we were being guided by the devil. Because of this, it's no wonder we were destined to be punished by God.

But we are thankful that the Boss is a merciful God. His mercy don't ever run dry either, and neither does his love.

Get this, boys! We were dead because we were hung up in the stirrup of sin, but when God brought his son back to life, he grabbed us by the belt and lifted us back in the saddle with a new purpose. It's God's grace that saved us, cowboys!

God raised Jesus up from the dead and gave him a place of honor in heaven. And we get to go with him because we are part of his crew!

Like the greatest saddle maker ever, we were tooled by God himself, created in Christ Jesus to do good things God prepared for us before we even got here.

Back in them days, y'all didn't have a spot with Jesus on the ranch. Y'all had no part in the promise of God because you weren't his people. You rode through this world without God and without hope.

But now you ride for the brand and have been made one with Christ. There was a time you didn't even know God and now he lives inside you through the blood of Jesus.

Jesus's death on the cross made us right with God and allowed two enemies to ride for one brand.

Now we ride right beside God and can ask him anything through the Holy Ghost. All of this is possible because of what Jesus did for us.

He's the one who everything is measured off of. We are joined together with him to make a holy place for God.