“How can a young man keep his way pure?By guarding it according to your word.With my whole heart I seek you;let me not wander from your commandments!I have stored up your word in my heart,that I might not sin against you.Blessed are you, O Lord;teach me your statutes!With my lips I declareall the rules of … Continue reading How Can We Remain Pure?
Author: Sue Love
Known and Read by All
A Letter from Christ “Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered … Continue reading Known and Read by All
Dear Lord, Teach Me
Dear Lord, teach me what You want me to learn.Please teach me, Lord, how Your will to discern.Give me knowledge, Lord, of what I should pray.Help me to live for You throughout each day. Trials do come. They are testing my faith.Give me understanding, help me today.Be near to me, Lord, and comfort my heart.May … Continue reading Dear Lord, Teach Me
The Fragrance of the Knowledge of Him
“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, … Continue reading The Fragrance of the Knowledge of Him
Forgive and Comfort the Repentant
“Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure—not to put it too severely—to all of you. For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So … Continue reading Forgive and Comfort the Repentant
All Glory Belongs to God
“For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you … Continue reading All Glory Belongs to God
Timely Measures
Timely measures are His treasuresThat He gives to make us better.Much is needed to make holyThose who follow Him so closely. God is sovereign over all things,Holy living to our lives brings,So He takes us through our trials,Some which come now through Belials. No escaping hardships plenty,Thinking we should not have any,For they’re promised us … Continue reading Timely Measures
Utterly Burdened Beyond our Strength
“For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on … Continue reading Utterly Burdened Beyond our Strength
Comfort Others Who are Afflicted
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. “Blessed be the God and Father … Continue reading Comfort Others Who are Afflicted
Testimony of God’s Amazing Grace
“I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! Are not five sparrows sold … Continue reading Testimony of God’s Amazing Grace