I was scrolling through Facebook the other day and ran across a meme with lots of thumbs up and comments encouraging the idea that “self-love” is the key to loving others. This foolish and empty talk has continued to gain significant approval in social media. The prevailing message is that you cannot truly love others […]
Today our world is filled with streams of content bombarding us from all angles, endless conversations, tweets, comments, constant interactions, discerning what is of the Spirit of God and what is not can seem daunting. Yet, 1 John 4:1 urges us to be watchful, to test the spirits, and to walk in the Spirit. This […]
“Your whole life ought to be disciplined (i.e., structured, set up, organized, and running day by day) toward the goal of godliness. Everything that happens and everything that you do should contribute something toward reaching that goal. Monday through Saturday, not only Sunday, you must move toward the goal, one step, or two steps or […]
One knows Jesus lives because they have personally encountered him. They have walked with him in life as Enoch walked with God. They aren’t living off another’s life experience and stories. Instead their life is filled with their own miraculous stories about when God caused them to walk in faith, when God rescued them, when God revealed himself to them in ways no one else could see but their own eyes. They know what they have seen with their own eyes, heard with their own ears concerning the Word of life. The life was made manifest to them. (1 John 1:1-3) They may not have touched Christ as John and the other apostles did but they cannot deny that Christ has touched them and spoken to them. They may not be able to understand it fully or explain it, but they know Christ yet lives because God has revealed Him to them in their own lives.
Upon the shore Of Evermore, We sport, like children at their play; And gather shells Where sinks and swells The mighty sea from far away. Upon that beach, Nor voice nor speech Doth things intelligible say; But through our souls A whisper rolls, That comes to us from […]
“The Bible is alive, it speaks to me; it has feet, it runs after me; it has hands, it lays hold of me.” – Martin Luther I saw the word of God move today as I studied and memorized a pageI glanced around but a witness could not be found to see the words display […]
I heard a great quote while listening to the audio book Rediscovering Holiness by J.I. Packer Think of Jesus each time you read your bible. Think of him asking you page by page and chapter by chapter what you have just learned about the need, nature, method and fact of the grace he brings and […]
What does it take to gain God’s attention? Isa. 66:2b tells us this great secret to obtaining the eye of God on us. There are three character attributes that cause the eyes of God to stop their roaming the earth and to rest intently on those who displays such attributes. Humility, Contrition and the Fear […]
“Let those who have felt this double effect of the Spirit’s teaching bear witness to the marvelous result. The Bible becomes a transformed book. It was before the best of all books, but it is now the Book of God—a chamber of disclosed mysteries—a house of many mansions, in which new doors constantly open into […]
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me!” – Psa. 139:1 You have searched and known me. The King of Kings, Lord of Lords, the Great I Am, The Alpha and The Omega, The Lamb… knows me. He knows my name.
