But in the Power of God 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 ESV “And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and … Continue reading Proclaiming Freedom for the Captives
Year: 2021
Manipulative and Controlling
There is something called “gaslighting” which is a manipulative and controlling technique used by master liars and manipulators in order to get preconceived results out of other people. And there are many such master con artists out there who use such techniques to manipulate and to control others, usually without their knowledge. They first create … Continue reading Manipulative and Controlling
We Cannot Obey God and the World
Matthew 6:22-23 ESV “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” Light and Darkness … Continue reading We Cannot Obey God and the World
Requirements for Salvation?
Is obedience required for salvation? Are there things we must do or not do in order to receive salvation from sin and eternal life with God? John 8:51 ESV: “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” John 14:23-24 ESV: “Jesus answered him, ‘If anyone loves me, … Continue reading Requirements for Salvation?
Written in a Song
An Original Work / September 26, 2021 Who is right and who is wrong? It’ll be written in a song. Who’s pretending he is right? Who from truth has taken flight? Who are actors playing you, Hoping you will think they’re true? Stage productions wearing thin While they look at you and grin. Does deception … Continue reading Written in a Song
Where We Invest Our Lives
Matthew 6:19-21 ESV “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart … Continue reading Where We Invest Our Lives
My Whole Being Rejoices
Psalms 16:4-6 ESV “The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. “The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I … Continue reading My Whole Being Rejoices
And We are His House If
Hebrews 3:6-15 ESV “But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day … Continue reading And We are His House If
Whoever Says
1 John 2:1-2 ESV “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the … Continue reading Whoever Says
But They Went Out
1 John 2:18-19 ESV “Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have … Continue reading But They Went Out