1 John 4:1-3 ESV “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and … Continue reading Testing the Spirits
Year: 2023
God is Not Mocked
Video Talk Galatians 6:7-9 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. And let us … Continue reading God is Not Mocked
A False Reputation
Revelation 3:1b-3 ESV “I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If … Continue reading A False Reputation
Saved from Sin’s Clutch
Hebrews 12:1-4 ESV “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy … Continue reading Saved from Sin’s Clutch
The Teeter-Totter
Video Talk Ephesians 4:11-16 ESV “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature … Continue reading The Teeter-Totter
The Way is Hard
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.” Jesus also said, “I … Continue reading The Way is Hard
Dress Yourself for Work
Jeremiah 1:17-19 ESV “But you, dress yourself for work; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them. And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings … Continue reading Dress Yourself for Work
Unity of Mind
Video Talk Philippians 2:1-4 ESV “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but … Continue reading Unity of Mind
“Woman, Where are They?”
John 8:1-11 ESV But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they … Continue reading “Woman, Where are They?”
The World as We Know It
Slander, meander, and gander, not candor, Inviting, enticing, spicing, and dicing, Twirling, and hurling, and whirling, unfurling, Outrageous, egregious, rampageous, contagious. The world as we know it, not pretty, tis true, The world should not live now, not inside of you. The Spirit of God should now live in your heart, And from God you … Continue reading The World as We Know It
Run With It 