Tongues, Good and Bad
There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword;but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips endure forever,but a lying tongue, only a moment.(Proverbs 12:18-19 HCSB ©®) Whether we are talking to someone or …
Category: Discipleship
A New Way of Life
Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised …
Raising our Children or Trusting Others To
In the decades of 1940 through 1960, the culture of the United States was so influenced by followers of Jesus that sending children to institutions of public education meant subjecting them to prayer and teachings that included …
Renewed Persistence
He also said to them: “Suppose one of you has a friend and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, because a friend of mine on a journey …
Pain and Action
I was speechless and quiet;I kept silent, even from speaking good,and my pain intensified.My heart grew hot within me;as I mused, a fire burned.I spoke with my tongue: “Lord, reveal to me the end of my lifeand …
Now and Then
Arguably, only “now” matters. You don’t really have anything else in your hand. Thus far, your life has simply been a long parade of “nows” from one perspective. I can’t focus only on the nows and get …
Being Led Well
Lead us into righteousness, Lord. Make Your ways known to me, Lord; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; I wait for You all …
Holy Spirit Administration
You guide me with Your counsel,and afterwards You will take me up in glory.Whom do I have in heaven but You?And I desire nothing on earth but You.My flesh and my heart may fail,but God is the …
Growing or Dying
In circumstances of nature, the only static things are not alive. Rocks, sand, water. Water seems to be non-static because it changes states from solid to liquid to gas, but each of those changes is still in …
Come and See
John who baptized and preached repentance in preparation for the Kingdom one day told John the son of Zebedee and Andrew the brother of Peter that Jesus is the Lamb of God. John and Andrew therefore followed …