Now I say that as long as the heir is a child, he differs in no way from a slave, though he is the owner of everything.(Galatians 4:1 HCSB ©®) No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. I do […]
If you have to race to get through a green light, you feel like you got by with something. If you have to sit at a red light for a long time before a green light could be available, you feel like you lost something. If you are praying that the Holy Spirit would lead all your steps each day […]
Paul listed jealousy as one of the flesh’s works against us in Galatians 5:19-21. He pointed out that practicing the actions he listed there would prevent us inheriting the Kingdom of God. Keeping our eyes on Jesus with a growing desire to be like Him and to please Him will turn our hearts away from jealousy and fear and pride […]
This is not a parable about the church, or about being born of God. It is about the Kingdom. Where does your life get described in it? Does anything need to change? “You, then, listen to the parable of the sower: When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away […]
I have met many young adults whose maturity level seemed to be stuck at the age at which they began to raise themselves. They either started making their own decisions at a certain age, and that froze their advance, or they were thrown out at a certain age, and that froze their advance. Their skills for obtaining resources may have […]
The remembrance of the righteous is a blessing,but the name of the wicked will rot.(Proverbs 10:7 HCSB ©®) This is My command: love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you. I do […]
Meanwhile Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire within a bush. As Moses looked, he saw that the bush was on […]
When it is January, most plants look like death has prevailed over them. Bulbs, though, are busy underground, planning, preparing for their work in the early spring. Their assignment from their Creator is to bring Him glory. Their nature is their hope of success. Their assignments may not be understood, but they will be fulfilled. Your work today may seem […]
God wanted to make known to those among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. We proclaim Him, warning and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ.(Colossians 1:27-28 HCSB ©®) So if you have been raised with the Messiah, seek what is above, […]
See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.Rejoice always!Pray constantly.Give thanks in everything,for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.Don’t stifle the Spirit.Don’t despise prophecies,but test all things.Hold on to what is good.Stay away from every form of evil.Now may the God […]