He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. (Psalms 37:6 NLT) We often worry about our reputation more than we should, rather than being concerned with a clean conscience that produces godly character. It is effortless in this sinful world to invert our […]
Monthly Archives: December 2018
Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ (Philippians 1: 27a CSB)Paul wrote these words from a Roman prison. He found a way of framing all his life experiences, good or bad, by his vision for heaven that furthered the Gospel of Christ. The Eternal Kingdom Life is all […]
You have tested us, O God; you have purified us like silver. (Psalms 66:10 NLT) The Refiners Fire For every Christian, there is a testing process. Similar to the purification of silver the process involves fire, expressed in our lives as trials. Though the process is never pleasant, in the end, it produces the “peaceful fruit of righteousness” (Hebrews […]
The Lord nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. (Psalms 33:10-11 NASB) Many things happen in this life that seems to be incomprehensible. Christian die seemingly too young in what appears to be in the midst of their usefulness. Occurrences […]
Because God’s children are human beings—made of flesh and blood—the Son also became flesh and blood. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the devil, who had[a] the power of death. Only in this way could he set free all who have lived their lives […]