Trust in the Lord with All Your Heart Proverbs 3:5–6 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.” (NASB 2020) I have had some bad beliefs over the course of my life. From an…
A Brief Study of 1 John Chapter 1 The Apostle John wrote three letters in addition to his account of the life of Jesus that we call the Gospel of John. In the first of these letters, he wrote to a mixed audience of both believers and unbelievers. Let’s unpack the first chapter of First…
Humble YourselfA study from 1 Peter 5 (ESV) 1 Peter 5:1–4 “So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,…
Beware of the Dogs Philippians 3:2–3 (NIV) “Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh.” In this passage, Paul is being polemical in…
Hebrews 8:1–2 “Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord set up, not man. (NASB…
Matthew 28:1–10 1 Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb. 2 And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone,…
New Creation By the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ, I was given His eternal life.Ephesians 2:8 (NLT) “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.” My cold hard heart was circumcised out of me and replaced by a…
Just like Jesus 1 John 4:16–19 “We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day…
Quenching and Maturing We don’t need to spend time groveling or punishing ourselves for our failures. There may well be earthly consequences and pain, but as far as Father is concerned the failures never happened. We are 100% fully and completely secure in Him. Jesus said He would lose none of those who are His…
The Patience and Mercy of God What if the calamity, unrest, and insecurity in the world is Father’s warning to those who reject Him?What if He is patient, not wanting any to perish, but a day will come just as it did in Noah’s day and in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah?What if by…
Thoughts on Quenching the Spirit No one who is in Christ wants to quench the Spirit, yet we all do from time to time. Sometimes we may squelch Him often and for long periods. We may yield to Him in some things and not others. We are all maturing into the fullness of who we…
Works is not a Dirty Word We know that we are saved by the grace of God through faith and that our salvation and right standing with God is not by works of any kind. We also know that Jesus told us that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. He said that…
Mindset Growth is fostered when we set our minds on things above. (A) When our minds are on Christ and we look at Him as we live in this temporal terrarium, we come to know Him better. This renewal of our minds, training them to the truth (B), results in transformation (C), growth, and ever-increasing…
This is What God is Like God is love. Read this:1 Corinthians 13:4–8 (NKJV)4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity,…
The Priesthood of Jesus We think of Jesus as Lord and Savior, and it is right and good that we should do so for that He certainly is. However, scripture also teaches that He is our high priest. Our tendency to focus on His work at the cross can overshadow the magnificence of this role….
Current Tribulation Climate change, global pandemic, earthquake, wildfire, tornado, unrest, war, political division, these calamities are unsettling. They show that the world in which we live is unstable and not dependable. In Exodus Chapter 8 and following we read of God’s work in freeing the Hebrews from slavery in Egypt. God sent the plagues to…
Two Natures If we have two natures, what died here: Romans 6:6 “knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;” (NASB 2020) If we have two natures, what was it that…
The New YouColossians 2:9–14 Colossians 2:9 “For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form” (NASB 2020) Jesus Christ is God in human flesh. Only the God who is love could humble Himself to become one of His creatures. In doing this, God demonstrated His love for us. (John 3:16 & Romans…
Things you got when you believed: Your old stony heart replaced with soft loving heart.Ezekiel 36:26 “I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” (NASB 2020) Death of old you and birth of new you by God’s seed.Romans 6:6 “knowing this, that our old self was…
Trust your Godly Heart Saint, You are prone to kindness.You have a tender heart.You are a naturally forgiving person in the same way that it was natural for God to forgive you because of Jesus Christ. That’s why you hear that quiet whisper within suggesting that you act kindly, let your tender heart show, and…
Trust and Allow Some good advice Paul gave the Colossians:– Allow the peace of God to rule in your heart.– Allow the word of Christ to live in you. Did you realize that you can allow these things or not allow them? You don’t have to work up faith or strive to accomplish, you just…
Your Debt is Paid in Full You may have heard it said that you should keep short accounts with God. I just want to reassure you that your account with God couldn’t possibly be any shorter. You have a paid-up account with God. As my friend Mike Q. Daniel says, God didn’t buy your debt,…
You Are Dead to Sin Christ died to sin once and He can never die again. The same thing is true of you. The instant you believed on Jesus, your old sinful nature inherited from Adam died with Him and you were raised with God’s righteous nature. So don’t allow sin to rule in your…
Spiritual Discipline Don’t waste your time taking inventory of how much Bible reading and study you’re doing. Don’t focus your attention on how much and how fervently you pray. Don’t spend your energy worrying about religious dedication because you were told if you do more God will be more pleased with you. God is as…
Daily Reminders As we read post after post and hear sermon after sermon about the Gospel, we may notice that we are just hearing the same thing over and over. That’s true (and it’s not a bad thing) because the Gospel is simple. (2 Corinthians 11:3 and 1 Corinthians 2:1-2) The way our minds work…
