This is now the second letter that I am writing to you, beloved. In both of them I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, that you should remember the predictions of the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles, knowing this first of all, that … Continue reading Deliberately Overlooking
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Dangers of Minimizing
To minimize something is to lessen, to reduce, to make smaller or to keep to a minimum. It is also to belittle, or to dismiss, to shorten, or to play down or to make light of something. It can also be to underestimate the importance of something, and thus to brush it off as not … Continue reading Dangers of Minimizing
Do You Really Want to Change?
Questionnaire (Survey) 1. Do you truly believe that you can be free from your slavery (bondage, addiction) to sin by God’s grace, through faith in Jesus Christ? 2. Do you believe that Jesus not only paid the penalty for your sin, but that on that cross he put sin to death on your behalf so … Continue reading Do You Really Want to Change?
Those Who Plot Evil
How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to your word. With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments! I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, O Lord; teach me your statutes! … Continue reading Those Who Plot Evil
Spiritual Suicide
If we are alive, and we are living on this earth, then it is because God has blessed us with life. And, He brought us to life for a purpose. And, that purpose is that we honor and glorify him with our lives, and that we worship him alone as our only God, and that … Continue reading Spiritual Suicide
The Grace of God
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us … Continue reading The Grace of God
Speak the Truth
Psalm 40:1-3 ESV I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to … Continue reading Speak the Truth
Pride Before a Fall
Proverbs 27:1-2 ESV Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. Proverbs 16:18 says, “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” So, we are to guard our hearts … Continue reading Pride Before a Fall
According to Sound Doctrine
Disclaimer: I, as a woman of God, as I write this, have no position of authority or rule over anyone who reads this, whether male or female. The only authority here being represented is the authority of scripture. I just teach what the scriptures teach, and anyone who reads this does so by his or … Continue reading According to Sound Doctrine
Beware the Leaven!
Luke 12:1-3 ESV In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be … Continue reading Beware the Leaven!
Run With It 