Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
The Inseparable Love Of God
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39 ESV...
Repentance
As a follower of Jesus, it is not enough for us to just feel sorry for something. Our sorry needs to lead to repentance. Repentance includes regret or remorse over a past thought or action, but in its fullest sense, it represents "a complete change of orientation...
Enough Said
God has blessed us with life, salvation, and His abiding presence. Enough said.
Paul In Rome
So a time was set, and on that day a large number of people came to Paul’s lodging. He explained and testified about the Kingdom of God and tried to persuade them about Jesus from the Scriptures. Using the law of Moses and the books of the prophets, he spoke to them...
Listen Up
Lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21-22 Adapted In what ways can you store up more treasure in Heaven...
Globalist Superstition
"The strange superstition has arisen in the Western world that we can start all over again, remaking human nature, human society, and the possibilities of happiness; as though the knowledge and experience of our ancestors were now entirely irrelevant." Sir Roger...
The Power Of Gratitude
In an arsenal that’s supposed to include things like mountain-moving faith, radical obedience, patient long-suffering, and second-mile self-denial, gratitude can feel like an optional add-on. Nice if you can get it, but not all that critical to making life run the way...
Gratitude And Humility
Gratitude starts with a posture of humility.
Gratitude For What You Don’t Have
Be grateful that you don't already have everything you desire.If you did, what would there be to look forward to?Be thankful when you don't know something,For it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be grateful for the difficult times.During those times you grow.Be...
Thanksgiving
Current culture would have us believe that Thanksgiving is a secular holiday, unrelated to religion. NOT. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in centuries old traditions of giving thanks and praising God for bountiful blessings from His provision. The American...
Job On Gratitude
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” Job 1:20-21 ESV...
Gratitude, The Root of Both Goodness And Happiness
"The man bowed low in homage to the Lord." Genesis 24:26 Here we have the Servant of Abraham recognizing and acknowledging the obvious movement of God in the tide of the affairs of man. Some translations say "he bowed his head." Whether he knelt or bowed his head,...
Thanksgiving, A Time Of Gratitude
It is Thanksgiving week in the United States. A time of gratitude. Gratitude: noun: a joyful thankfulness, a desire and readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness; a sentiment of kindness or goodwill toward a benefactor. For the Christian, gratitude...
God’s Love Letter
Your words were found, and I ate them. And Your words became a joy to me and the happiness of my heart. For I have been called by Your name, O Lord God of All. Jeremiah 15:16 NLV As Jeremiah meant these words, they signified that certain messages came to him from God,...
Friendship /2
Perfect friendships are those between people who have a mutual love for something that not only brings them together but elevates their behavior to virtue. Alike in virtue; for each alike wishes well to each other… they are good in themselves. Aristotle (384 BC - 322...
Friendship /1
"In a perfect friendship…each member of the circle feels, in his secret heart, humbled before the rest. Sometimes he wonders what he is doing there among his betters. Especially when the whole group is together; each bringing out all that is best, wisest, or funniest...
On Joy
Joy is the serious business of Heaven. Joy is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God. Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be alright, and the...
God’s Transcendent Yes
For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not waver between “Yes” and “No.” He is the one whom Silas, Timothy, and I preached to you, and as God’s ultimate “Yes,” He always does what He says. For all of God’s promises have been fulfilled in Christ with a resounding...
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