As you start your day, I just want to remind you of just how blessed and loved you are. Ephesians1:3-8 holds many truths. I would encourage you to explore for yourself. Among them: God has blessed you with every good thing because you are saved and you belong to Jesus. He chose you to be... Continue Reading →
God calls His children to live in the light and be clearheaded. It's easy to want, but walking it out can be a challenge. With so many things competing for a place in our mind, we must be to keep our mind focused on the plans and purpose He has for us. The scriptures say... Continue Reading →
As we build our faith, we must be disciplined to add to our faith virtue. Virtue is behavior showing high moral standards. See, it's not enough to just believe, our actions must turn into behaviors. God accepts us where we are in faith, but then He helps us to grow into the unique person that we... Continue Reading →
For the past sixteen years I have lived unequally yoked. I see God working, but that total surrender has just not happened. I became a Christian when I was eight years old. I didn't start walking in relationship until much later. In the mean time, I was lukewarm at my worst and a poor... Continue Reading →
My pastors are teaching a series on the 9 fruit of the Spirit. Today the topic was love. We were challenged to read I Corinthians 13 daily. As I was doing this tonight another comment from the sermon jumped out. "If we are not exhibiting the 9 fruit in our lives, something is wrong with our love." I admit to being a little self-righteous in my thinking about love. I "love" people, genuinely. I haven't met anyone that I dislike. I don't hate anyone. So I thought I was doing pretty good in this area. Then in the sermon, the preacher pointed out that love, God's defined love is Agape love. It is defined in the scriptures and I fall so incredibly short.
There are times in life when you realize just exactly how much your childhood impacted who you are and how you perceive things. I had one of these moments recently. My daughter and I were talking about the 5 Love Languages. She went through giving her answers for the test for children. Even as she answered,... Continue Reading →
Tonight I got a glimpse of the love of God, so tangible and present that I know I am loved. I am here in the dimmed lights of the living room watching my two grand children sleep. My heart is so filled with love for them, it is overwhelming at times. Is there anything more... Continue Reading →
Think about the child afraid of the dark... the child is tormented in his/her mind about what might be out there in the unseen vastness that surrounds him/her. The presence of someone else there with the child in the darkness does not make the fear go away, although it may appear better. The turning on... Continue Reading →
My pastor has said “truth either offends or transforms you.” It is my experience that sometimes it is in the delivery of the truth that offense comes. When you go to people where they are, it is the living Word ablaze in your life that ministers to them. The Word must be planted deep inside... Continue Reading →
The deeper lesson of the Luke 10:30-37 is found in I John 3:17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
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