Now when this corruptible is clothed with incorruptibility,and this mortal is clothed with immortality,then the saying that is written will take place:Death has been swallowed up in victory.O Death, where is your victory?O Death, where is your sting?Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.But thanks be to God, who gives us the […]
Oh Yahweh! I am Your servant. My parents were your servants.You have broken my chains and released me into great liberty. I offer You a sacrifice of thankfulness.I worship You, because You are worthy to be praised and blessed. I have made many promises to You, Lord.I will fulfil them all, by Your strength at work in me.All Your people […]
When the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they came together in the same place. And one of them, an expert in the law, asked a question to test Him: “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”He said to him, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all […]
For Christ’s love compels us, since we have reached this conclusion: if One died for all, then all died. And He died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the One who died for them and was raised.(2 Corinthians 5:14-15 HCSB ©®) You have not yet been invited to my funeral, but […]
Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a man sows he will also reap, because the one who sows to his flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the […]
I smile when I read an obituary that states that the deceased entered into eternal rest on whatever the date of passing was. Rest amounts to very different interpretation in different contexts. For Israelis in bondage in Babylon, for Africans sold into slavery by their African neighbors, for believers and Muslims in China forced into slave labor to make products […]
Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with Godas something to be used for His own advantage.Instead He emptied Himself by assuming the form of a slave,taking on the likeness of men.And when […]
I have been asked by a surprising number of people lately if they should feel guilty for thinking that the church meetings they have been attending are boring. I have never had anyone declare to me that the Kingdom of Heaven is boring. It’s a free call: 1-800-getaclue. Call now, while the lines are still open… The Kingdom is the […]
Now we who are strong have an obligation to bear the weaknesses of those without strength, and not to please ourselves. Each one of us must please his neighbor for his good, in order to build him up. For even the Messiah did not please Himself. On the contrary, as it is written, The insults of those who insult You […]
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, in Christ; for He chose us in Him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and blameless in His sight. In love He […]