Sincerity of faith, what does that look like? – Believing in Jesus, doing what He says. Looking in your mirror, what do you look like? Walking with Jesus Christ? Or spiritually dead? From your sins repented? Or still live in sin? Walking in obedience? Saying “No!” to sin? Walking the narrow road? Or on the … Continue reading Sincerity of Faith
Strength to Meet my Trials
Philippians 4:4-7 ESV “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses … Continue reading Strength to Meet my Trials
Do You Know God’s Plans for You?
Jeremiah 29:11-13 ESV “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when … Continue reading Do You Know God’s Plans for You?
Every Tear Wiped Away One Day
Proverbs 14 ESV 2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the Lord, but he who is devious in his ways despises him. 3 By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them. 5 A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes … Continue reading Every Tear Wiped Away One Day
War Against Your Soul
1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” When we trust in Jesus Christ to be … Continue reading War Against Your Soul
Wake Up From Your Sleep!
Romans 13:8-10 ESV “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,’ and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: ‘You shall love … Continue reading Wake Up From Your Sleep!
Denying Self or Denying Jesus?
Luke 9:23 ESV “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” When Jesus Christ died on that cross for our sins it was so that we would be delivered from our slavery (addiction, bondage) to sin and so we … Continue reading Denying Self or Denying Jesus?
Do You Take God Seriously?
Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy … Continue reading Do You Take God Seriously?
We Learn Obedience through Suffering
Hebrews 5:7-9 ESV “In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered. And being made perfect, he … Continue reading We Learn Obedience through Suffering
Unwilling to Hear the Truth
Isaiah 30:1-3 ESV “’Ah, stubborn children,’ declares the Lord, ‘who carry out a plan, but not mine, and who make an alliance, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin; who set out to go down to Egypt, without asking for my direction, to take refuge in the protection of Pharaoh … Continue reading Unwilling to Hear the Truth
Run With It 