“But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another. We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the … Continue reading Seek After What is Good
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My times with the Lord in His Word
Be Alert and Sober
“Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. While they are saying, ‘Peace and safety!’ then destruction will come upon them suddenly … Continue reading Be Alert and Sober
Deliberate and Habitual Sinning
“Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough? Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with … Continue reading Deliberate and Habitual Sinning
Excessive Immorality Among You
“It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife. You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst.” (1 … Continue reading Excessive Immorality Among You
The Path of The Upright
Proverbs 15 Select Verses NASB1995 4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life,But perversion in it crushes the spirit.14 The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.17 Better is a dish of vegetables where love isThan a fattened ox served with hatred.19 The way of the lazy is … Continue reading The Path of The Upright
One Who Pursues Righteousness
Proverbs 15 Select Verses NASB1995 3 The eyes of the Lord are in every place,Watching the evil and the good.8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,But the prayer of the upright is His delight.9 The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord,But He loves one who pursues … Continue reading One Who Pursues Righteousness
We Have Need of Endurance
“But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that … Continue reading We Have Need of Endurance
If We Go On Sinning Willfully
“Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in … Continue reading If We Go On Sinning Willfully
Run With It 