Renewing our Love for God

Revelation 2:2-4 ESV “I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you … Continue reading Renewing our Love for God

He Knows our Walks of Faith

Job 23:1-7 ESV “Then Job answered and said: “Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy on account of my groaning. Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat! I would lay my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. I would … Continue reading He Knows our Walks of Faith

Called to a Holy Calling

2 Timothy 1:5-7 ESV “I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying … Continue reading Called to a Holy Calling

Don’t Just Talk It, Walk It

1 John 3:11-12 ESV “For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.” I … Continue reading Don’t Just Talk It, Walk It

What Plans does God Have for Us?

Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when … Continue reading What Plans does God Have for Us?

We Need to Grow Up in Christ

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 1 Peter 1 that, as … Continue reading We Need to Grow Up in Christ

Through Him Who Loves Us

Romans 8:29-30 ESV “For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.” … Continue reading Through Him Who Loves Us

To All Who Obey Him

Hebrews 5:7-9 ESV “In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he … Continue reading To All Who Obey Him

Still Living in the Passions of Your Flesh?

Ephesians 2:1-3 ESV “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience — among whom we all once lived in the passions of … Continue reading Still Living in the Passions of Your Flesh?

And Then Life Would be Grand

An Original Work / December 28, 2021 He walked into a room And took her by the hand. He’d marry her one day And then life would be grand. His dreams would all come true, All that he’d thought about. He wanted life with her, To him there was no doubt. The wedding day arrived, … Continue reading And Then Life Would be Grand