Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
The Battlefield Of The Mind
"And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise." Philippians 4:8 The mind is a battlefield: We are...
Inseparable
I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from the love Of God. Death can’t, and life can’t. The Angels won’t, and all the powers of Hell itself cannot keep God’s love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, or where we are, whether high above...
There Is Room For Us All At The Foot Of The Cross
So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to Him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our...
To God Be The Glory
Oh, the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and untraceable His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor? And who has ever given to God, that he should be repaid? For from Him...
One Bad Left Turn
And what is it that God has said? That He gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:11-12 Adapted Still putting off surrendering to Jesus Christ? Procrastinate...
One Bad Left Turn
Jesus: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6 Been putting off surrendering to Jesus Christ? Procrastinate not. You are just one bad left turn from eternity.
That None Should Perish
Paul: But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. …For I have not shunned to declare to you the...
That None Should Perish
The Lord is longsuffering toward us, unwilling that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 Adapted We are dispatched daily on the Great Commission to be a witness and a voice, where being a witness is the example of a life lived...
Binary Things
Every word of God proves true. He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. Do not add to His words or He will rebuke you, and you will be found a liar. Proverbs 30:5-6 Belief in the Word of God is binary. You either believe it lock, stock, and barrel. Or you do...
Gratitude For The Hesed Of God
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His hesed endures forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven, For His hesed is everlasting. Psalm 136 (See definition of hesed here) Psalm 136, often called “The Great Hallel”(Note 1) is one of the most recognizable psalms...
Hesed
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him and whose hope is in His faithful hesed, that He may deliver their souls from death and keep them alive in famine. Psalm 33:18-19, Adapted. Hesed (Hebrew) is one of the Bible’s richest and most powerful words. Often...
Discipleship 101
Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. And she had a sister called Mary, who was also seated at the Lord’s feet, and was listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations;...
Modeling Christ
Then make me truly happy by agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, loving one another, and working with one mind and purpose. Philippians 2:2 NLT
TGIF (Note 1)
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to You, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 NLT Note 1: To God In Faithfulness
Spiritual Cleanliness
God, against you and you alone have I sinned. Search me and know my heart. Test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me. Show me any areas of unsurrender. Give me ears to hear and the wisdom and grace to respond in true humility and...
How God Sees Things
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Matthew 5:3 In the Sermon On The Mount, Jesus outlines a radically different way of thinking about life: Blessed are the poor in spirit. The Greek language, in which the New Testament was...
It Is Written
And behold, a lawyer (an expert in religious law) stood up to put Him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus replied, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And the lawyer answered, "You shall love the Lord your...
Obedience
And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Philippians 2:8 ESV
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