Hebrews 12:11-17 ESV “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be … Continue reading Jesus Christ, Savior, Lord, and King
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Built Up as a Spiritual House
1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” We read in 1st Peter chapter one that, … Continue reading Built Up as a Spiritual House
What are Your Minds Set On?
Philippians 3:17-21 ESV “Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is … Continue reading What are Your Minds Set On?
A Change in My Behavior
Video Talk Galatians 6:7-8 ESV “Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.” What this passage … Continue reading A Change in My Behavior
Will You Not Revive Us Again?
Psalms 85:4-7 ESV “Restore us again, O God of our salvation,and put away your indignation toward us!Will you be angry with us forever?Will you prolong your anger to all generations?Will you not revive us again,that your people may rejoice in you?Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,and grant us your salvation.” Unlearning and Learning I … Continue reading Will You Not Revive Us Again?
Humble and Contrite
Video Talk Psalms 66:8-12 ESV “Bless our God, O peoples;let the sound of his praise be heard,who has kept our soul among the livingand has not let our feet slip.For you, O God, have tested us;you have tried us as silver is tried.You brought us into the net;you laid a crushing burden on our backs;you … Continue reading Humble and Contrite
Turn the Corner
Turn the corner, don’t look back,Time was spent enough in slack.Look to future, look to God Now no longer be a fraud. Now be honest, tell the truth,And no longer be uncouth.Now obey your Lord’s commandsAnd no longer serve your hands. Be a witness, testifyThat of your sins you did die.Tell the people, tell them … Continue reading Turn the Corner
The Easy or the Hard Way
Matthew 7:13-14 ESV “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” The Narrow Gate A … Continue reading The Easy or the Hard Way
Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
Video Talk James 1:22-25 ESV “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at … Continue reading Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
Looking to Jesus for our Help
Psalms 121:1-2 ESV “I lift up my eyes to the hills.From where does my help come?My help comes from the Lord,who made heaven and earth.” The one who is speaking these words is a person who is in an intimate relationship with Almighty God. Today this would be a believer in Jesus Christ, one who … Continue reading Looking to Jesus for our Help
Walking Wounded 