2 Timothy 3:1-5 ESV “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather … Continue reading Denying Its Power
The Teaching that Accords with Godliness
1 Timothy 6:3-5 ESV “If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, … Continue reading The Teaching that Accords with Godliness
I Know Who Holds My Hand
Psalms 33:10-12 ESV “The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!” We may … Continue reading I Know Who Holds My Hand
The Lord was My Support
Psalms 18:1-3 ESV “I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved … Continue reading The Lord was My Support
Many Empty Talkers and Deceivers
Titus 1:7-9 ESV “For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be … Continue reading Many Empty Talkers and Deceivers
When the Righteous Cry for Help
Psalms 34:8-10 ESV “Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints, for those who fear him have no lack! The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.” If we … Continue reading When the Righteous Cry for Help
When You Walk by The Way
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 ESV “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” To love God is to obey him. If we have not obeyed him and we are not obeying him, as … Continue reading When You Walk by The Way
Hot Indignation Seizes Me
Psalms 119:49-50 “Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life." What is the word of God, to us who are followers of Jesus Christ, in which we have put our hope? He promised to save us from … Continue reading Hot Indignation Seizes Me
Hear the Word and Bear Fruit
Mark 4:1-12 ESV “Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in … Continue reading Hear the Word and Bear Fruit
Cut it Off and Tear it Out
Mark 9:42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.” Sinning against our Lord is bad enough, but if anyone leads another believer in Jesus into sin, his … Continue reading Cut it Off and Tear it Out
Run With It 