I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me - Philippians 4:13
“and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.” (Ephesians 6:15) We know that wearing the shoes of the gospel of peace is for our benefit to have peace in troubling times, but what about the troubling times of others when drawn into their situations? Sometimes wearing the shoes
Read MoreDo You Have True Contentment? Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. (Romans 12:2) Welcome to another New Year and with it comes an abundance of
Read MoreWaiting On God My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him. (Psalm 62:5) I never used to be a patient person, and it was something God had to work with me on. If there was a problem, I wanted it resolved right now. If I had decided to work on
Read MoreStand firm, and you will win life. (Luke 21:19 NIV) In today’s verse, Jesus was telling his disciples what to look for in the end times. He was telling them that there will come a time when people will be seized, persecuted and handed over to the synagogues and put into prison. They will
Read MoreSay to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.” (Isaiah 35:4) Fear is a powerful tool of emotion. It can stop a strong man dead in his tracks. It can cause a country to come
Read MoreAnd in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. (2 Kings 18:13) The Assyrians were fierce fighters who showed no mercy to anyone. They’d kill their enemies, mount them on poles to show their might and to cause fear
Read More6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
Read MoreNow the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such
Read MoreAnd we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. (Romans 8:28) Earlier in the week, I was referred to the story about Samson where he ate the honey out of the carcass of the dead lion. This
Read MoreMany of you remain in bondage to something that is not of God…
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