Galatians 5:13-15 ESV “For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that … Continue reading Are You Wounding the Wounded?
Christian Devotional
My times with the Lord in His Word
Grieved by Various Trials
1 Peter 1:6-9 ESV “In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation … Continue reading Grieved by Various Trials
Am I Passionate? Yes!
Video Talk Romans 12:9-10 NIV “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” If we love God with this kind of love we prefer what God prefers. And he prefers what is holy, righteous, godly, morally pure, honest, … Continue reading Am I Passionate? Yes!
Are You Tolerating “Jezebel”?
Revelation 2:19-23 ESV “I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat … Continue reading Are You Tolerating “Jezebel”?
Shining Like Bright Lights
Philippians 2:14-16 ESV “Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I … Continue reading Shining Like Bright Lights
The Slander of False Christians
Revelation 2:8-11 ESV “And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life. “‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a … Continue reading The Slander of False Christians
God is Able
This morning the Lord Jesus impressed it upon my heart to share with you a testimony of a miracle he performed in my life 10 years ago, when I was 62 years old. It had to do with a song he gave me to write at that time titled, “For Our Nation.” And so the … Continue reading God is Able
Do Not Envy the Wicked
Psalms 73:1-3 ESV (Also read verses 4 to 12) “Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.” Under the New Covenant … Continue reading Do Not Envy the Wicked
A Beauty and a Beast
Yesterday I had the title to an old cartoon movie come into my mind. It is called “Beauty and the Beast.” There is a famous actress named Angela Lansbury who just recently died and she is known for her role in that cartoon movie and for the song that she sang by that title. And … Continue reading A Beauty and a Beast
Not Leaning on Our Own Understanding
Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” As followers of Jesus Christ we are to be led of the Spirit of God. Now, in order to be led of the … Continue reading Not Leaning on Our Own Understanding
Run With It 