Posts from 2023

Renewing Our Passion

2 Corinthians 5:14–15 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.  We are blessed when we appreciate…

The Greatest Christmas Gift

Romans 6:22–23 22 But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Christmas is a time to celebrate…

Living Lives That Are Focused and Wise

Ephesians 5:11–16 11 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. 12 For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. 13 But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, 14 for anything that becomes visible is light. Therefore it says, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead,…

Our Eternal Rock of Stability is Jesus Christ

Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.  Change isn’t necessarily evil or bad. Change is necessary because we are limited created beings who must recognize we need to learn and grow from acquiring accurate information. Learning, growing, and changing are the God-given means of the normal development of a teachable heart…

Listening to Jesus is Important

Luke 9:28–36 28 Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. 29 And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. 30 And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, 31 who appeared in glory…

Jesus is the Glorious God of Grace

John 1:14–18 “14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, ‘This was he of whom I said, “He who comes after me ranks before me, because he…

Our difficulties are not to big for our Lord!

Ephesians 3:14–21 14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being…

Finding Joy and Satisfaction in Christ Alone

Hebrews 12:18–24 18 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a…