Proverbs 27:1-2 ESV Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Proverbs 16:18 says, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” So, we are to guard our hearts … Continue reading Pride Before a Fall
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Don’t Give Up!
Galatians 6:1-3 ESV Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he … Continue reading Don’t Give Up!
Not Even a Hint
Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. The word “therefore,” refers back to something that was said previously. So, when a sentence begins with “therefore,” we should go back and … Continue reading Not Even a Hint
Victory is Attainable
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who … Continue reading Victory is Attainable
Dangers of Minimizing
To minimize something is to lessen, to reduce, to make smaller or to keep to a minimum. It is also to belittle, or to dismiss, to shorten, or to play down or to make light of something. It can also be to underestimate the importance of something, and thus to brush it off as not … Continue reading Dangers of Minimizing
Heartstrings
An Original Work / October 9, 2019 What’s pulling on your heartstrings tonight? Is it concern over a loved one who’s dying? Or o’er someone who’s sad, who is crying? Is it money that seems not to come When you direly need to have some? Is it fire destroying all that’s around? Or, is it … Continue reading Heartstrings
If I Were
An Original Work / October 4, 2019 If I were a flea Sitting in a corner Of your house at night, What would I see? Would I see dark? Or, would I see light? What changes would I Sense in light or darkness? If I were a frog Sitting on your window sill at night, … Continue reading If I Were
Where Are You Tonight?
An Original Work / September 6, 2019 Where are you tonight? Please describe your plight. Are you giving in? Drowning in your sin? Do you see the truth? Like a rotten tooth? There’s nowhere to go To hide what you know. Cover what you may. Darkness now will stay. Knowing the way out Does not … Continue reading Where Are You Tonight?
End All
Psalm 18:1-3 ESV I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved … Continue reading End All
Where There is No Water
Psalm 63:1-5 NASB O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. Because Your lovingkindness is better … Continue reading Where There is No Water
Walking Wounded 