Your Sting? 1 Corinthians 15:55 ESV “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” Because the first man Adam sinned against God, all have sinned. For, because of Adam’s sin, God put a curse upon humans and on the earth. We are, thus, all born under the curse of sin and … Continue reading Keep On Trucking
Encouragement
When God is Silent
An Original Work / April 19, 2018 Do you ever have times When God is silent? You know that on him You are so reliant. If to you he speaks not, You have none to say. You call out to Him, Seek His face for always. You ask Him to show you What’s deep in … Continue reading When God is Silent
Be Still, My Soul
The Lord put this hymn in my mind today to speak encouragement to my heart: Be Still, My Soul Katharina von Schlegel / Jean Sibelius Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Leave to thy God to order and provide; In every change, He … Continue reading Be Still, My Soul
In Our Hearts
Those of us who are Christians, who are followers of Jesus Christ, know that we are to emulate him. We are to be like him in character, words, attitudes and deeds. We are his body, his representatives to the world around us, and to one another. As his body, we are his hands, his feet … Continue reading In Our Hearts
The Debt We Owe
This is a song about how Jesus paid the debt for our sins, and how we should praise him and adore him for dying for our sins, and for offering us the free gift of salvation from sins. Oh, how I praise and thank the Lord Jesus for saving me from my sins. I thank … Continue reading The Debt We Owe
Obstinate People
For Their Salvation Romans 10:1-4 NASB Brethren, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. For not knowing about God’s righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject … Continue reading Obstinate People
Thank You, Lord
"The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor … Continue reading Thank You, Lord
Y’all Agree
No Divisions 1 Corinthians 1:10 NASB Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. On what are we all supposed to agree? On … Continue reading Y’all Agree
Let It Shine!
The Grace of God 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 NASB I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge, even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you, so that you are … Continue reading Let It Shine!
Teach Them
I was praying for various people I love who are still blinded by sin’s deceitfulness. My heart was heavy with care and concern for their lives. I began praying this first verse to the Lord, which is actually Jesus’ commission to Paul as recorded in Acts 26:16-18, before it actually became the first verse to … Continue reading Teach Them