But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. – Psa. 38:15 I read a great short story the other day that really left me with a deeper understanding of what it means to watch and pray. The story is called Expectation Corner by Emily Steele […]
ETERNAL FATHER, Thou art good beyond all thought, But I am vile, wretched, miserable, blind; My lips are ready to confess, but my heart is slow to feel, and my ways reluctant to amend. I bring my soul to thee; break it, wound it, bend it, mould it, Unmask to me sin’s deformity, […]
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature,– 2 […]
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete – 1 John 1:3-4 Why does John and the other […]
…we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. – 1 John1:2 “As for man, his days are like grass; he flourishes like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the […]
Has Jesus split your world into two since he has entered your life? Has he turned your world completely upside down? This does tend to be the mark of his presence and of his power when he enters into life. The earth quakes, the wind tears, the rocks shatter, and the sky thunders at his […]
Do you know why I loved my grandmother so much? Because she loved me first! Just as Jesus loved us first! She showed me the unconditional, sacrificial love of Christ! His love was there in her gentle hands. Hands that never harmed me; That touched me and held me with affection and joy. His […]
The life appeared ; we have seen it and testify to it , and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. – 1 John 1:2 What was it that made Jesus so extraordinary? It was the eternal life he held within him. “In him was […]
That Which Was From the Beginning… 1 John 1:1 The Apostle John starts out his letter in 1 John emphasizing both the deity and humanity of Christ together because we can have no relationship, no fellowship with God, apart from confessing that Christ was indeed the Son of God. This confession, this whole hearted conviction […]
One of the questions we have been discussing and trying to answer in 1 John is “What is a Christian?” It’s more difficult to answer then it seems. Before you read any further I’d encourage you to jot something down on a piece of paper on how you would answer it if someone were to […]
