Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. — Ephesians 5:1-2 Shel Silverstein is known for his children’s stories that often carry a deep meaning for people of all […]
Read MoreWhy you need biblical community
For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers. — Proverbs 11:14 A severe rash prompted a man from a rural area to come to town to be examined by a local doctor. After the usual history-taking followed by a series of tests, the physician advised the patient that he […]
Read MoreHow to be one in Christ
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. — Philippians 2:1-2 In 1986, remnants […]
Read MoreHow to live with a heavenly perspective
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him […]
Read MoreHow to avoid failing into bad doctrine
I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned, keep away from them. — Romans 16:17 Africa’s Victoria Falls produces a cloud of mist that is often heavy enough to impair visibility. Once a man […]
Read MoreHelp encourage seniors like Eunice through the power of prayer!
Rarely does a week go by that we don’t receive a prayer request from a hurting senior that cuts us to the heart. Take this one from sweet “Eunice”… “My husband is slowly getting to the point that I fear he has Alzheimer’s as his mother had. I’m having a hard time myself accepting his […]
Read MoreWhy no task is menial
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. — 1 Corinthians 10:31 A tourist was visiting Italy years ago and decided to take a tour of several old churches. He came across one that was undergoing major renovations. Much of it had been demolished, and […]
Read MoreThe importance of dealing with bitterness
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. — Hebrews 12:15 Underneath the ground of Belgium’s Flanders Field, one of the deadliest battlefields of World War I, a very dangerous and deadly secret lies. It’s so deadly, in […]
Read MoreAre you loving others well?
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” — Matthew 22:37-40 Douglas MacArthur […]
Read MoreHow to avoid playing the blame game
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first […]
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