Matthew 6:22-23 ESV “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” Light and Darkness … Continue reading We Cannot Obey God and the World
Inspirational
Requirements for Salvation?
Is obedience required for salvation? Are there things we must do or not do in order to receive salvation from sin and eternal life with God? John 8:51 ESV: “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” John 14:23-24 ESV: “Jesus answered him, ‘If anyone loves me, … Continue reading Requirements for Salvation?
Written in a Song
An Original Work / September 26, 2021 Who is right and who is wrong? It’ll be written in a song. Who’s pretending he is right? Who from truth has taken flight? Who are actors playing you, Hoping you will think they’re true? Stage productions wearing thin While they look at you and grin. Does deception … Continue reading Written in a Song
Where We Invest Our Lives
Matthew 6:19-21 ESV “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart … Continue reading Where We Invest Our Lives
My Whole Being Rejoices
Psalms 16:4-6 ESV “The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names on my lips. “The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I … Continue reading My Whole Being Rejoices
And We are His House If
Hebrews 3:6-15 ESV “But Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day … Continue reading And We are His House If
The 7 Stages of Hospital Treatments
Before I begin this, I just want to say that I am sad for all people who are ill, who are suffering, and who have lost loved ones to death as a result of all viral infections and any other diseases, illnesses, disabilities, and/or injuries. And I also grieve for those whose loved ones are … Continue reading The 7 Stages of Hospital Treatments
It is God who Works in Us
Philippians 2:12-13 ESV “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” We are not … Continue reading It is God who Works in Us
The Power of the Dog
Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 11:06 p.m. – The Lord Jesus, again, put in mind the song “For Our Nation.” I believe there is a very good reason why he has been putting that song in my head nearly daily this past week or so. Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 22 … Continue reading The Power of the Dog
A Just Cause
Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 6:11 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “For Our Nation.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Psalm 17 (ESV). A Heart Prepared (vv. 1-5) A Prayer of David. Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from … Continue reading A Just Cause
