Love, Knowledge, & Understanding
Philippians 1:9-10 – “I pray that your love will overflow more and more, and that you will keep on growing in knowledge and understanding. For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.” Paul gives us pretty clear instructions on [...]
Read More...Hebrews 9:14
Hebrews 9:4 How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God! God offered himself as a living sacrifice so that we have a chance to be cleansed from [...]
Read More...Understanding
“I also pray that you will understand the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him. This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand in the heavenly realms” (Ephesians 1:19-20, NLT) This is not only my prayer [...]
Read More...When It All Comes Together!
“I Love it when a plan comes together” – Colonel Hannibal Smith Yep, I’m happy to admit that as a kid I was an avid, possibly rabid, follower of the A-Team! I always loved how each week they would go up against unnumbered foes, drastically out-manned and under-gunned. They would deal the bad guy a [...]
Read More...Masterpiece
Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. When I wake up in the morning the last thing that crosses my mind is that I’m God’s masterpiece. A beautiful sunset, a field of flowers, a [...]
Read More...12 Ideas From The Sermon on the Mount
Just read The Sermon On The Mount (Matthew 5-7) in a different translation than I normally read yesterday and I wrote down 12 ideas that stood out to me in a fresh way and I wanted to share those with you: 1. God blesses those who realize their need for Him. (5:3) 2. Pure In [...]
Read More...Will You Or Won’t You?
One of my favorite scenes in all of the Bible is found in the book of 1 Kings. The Prophet Elijah had been in hiding for several years as God sent both famine and drought to the land of Israel as judgment. The wicked King Ahab had lead the people of Israel not only away [...]
Read More...God’s Will For You
1 Thessalonians 4:3-8 (NLT) – “God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin. Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and honor— not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways. Never harm or cheat a [...]
Read More...God Is Able
2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. I have to be honest here. Sometimes I love hearing this verse, the assurance of God and His ability to bless my life. Then [...]
Read More...“Pick Me!” Blessing
Remember as a kid when your teacher would offer a unique opportunity for one kid in the class to do something really cool? Like, in science class, “who want’s to be my test dummy” my teacher used to say. Every kid in the room wanted to be picked.Sometimes the picking was completely random, but a [...]
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