“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we … Continue reading Patiently Enduring Many Sufferings
Let the Peace of Christ Rule
“Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in … Continue reading Let the Peace of Christ Rule
All Trials Have a Purpose
“Dear Lord, please give me the words that you want me to say here for your glory and for your purposes, Amen!” I am presently going through a very serious trial, not completely unlike others I have faced before, but this one is coming at me in doubles and maybe even triples. And it has … Continue reading All Trials Have a Purpose
I Gave Up Childish Ways
“Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought … Continue reading I Gave Up Childish Ways
But Have Not Love
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. … Continue reading But Have Not Love
Are You Not Wanted?
“The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you,’ nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow … Continue reading Are You Not Wanted?
Why Do You Hate?
Why do you hate her so much?Why must sin now be your crutch?Why do you go on from day after dayLying and cheating and floundering away? Why must you lie through your teeth?Why must you live low, beneath?Why do you keep on in your masquerades?Why must you live as though life is charades? You know … Continue reading Why Do You Hate?
In an Unworthy Manner
“For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way also … Continue reading In an Unworthy Manner
Memories of Taking Communion
“But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must be … Continue reading Memories of Taking Communion
Beloved, Flee from Idolatry
“Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. I speak as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, … Continue reading Beloved, Flee from Idolatry
Run With It 