Jude 1:17-23 ESV “But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, ‘In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.’ It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your … Continue reading Snatching Them Out of the Fire
Hidden Reefs at Your Love Feasts
Jude 1:7-13 ESV “…just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire. Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, …and blaspheme all that they do … Continue reading Hidden Reefs at Your Love Feasts
We’re Contending for the Faith
Jude 1:3-4 ESV “Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, … Continue reading We’re Contending for the Faith
In the Lord I Take Refuge
Psalms 16 ESV Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;I have no good apart from you.” 4 The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;their drink offerings of blood I will not pour outor take their names on my lips. … Continue reading In the Lord I Take Refuge
A Cry for Help!
3 John 1:9-12 ESV “I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops … Continue reading A Cry for Help!
He Leads Me Beside Still Waters
Yesterday, Friday, August 18, 2023, my husband Rick and I went for a morning walk at Park Road Park in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA). I like to take pictures when I am at the park, and this one that I am posting here is one that I took yesterday. I was drawn to this particular … Continue reading He Leads Me Beside Still Waters
Watch Out for Deceivers
2 John 1:4-6 ESV “I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. And … Continue reading Watch Out for Deceivers
How to Know We Have Eternal Life
1 John 5:11-13 ESV “And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of … Continue reading How to Know We Have Eternal Life
What Do You Crave?
Philippians 3:17-21 ESV “Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction, their god is … Continue reading What Do You Crave?
Keep Pressing on Toward the Goal
Philippians 3:12-16 ESV “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward … Continue reading Keep Pressing on Toward the Goal
Run With It 