John 14:23 (NKJV) Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. The Christian life as presented today is mostly “what God can do for YOU!” complete with...
1 Peter 3:10-11 (NKJV) For “He who would love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit. 11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it. Life coaches, personal growth gurus, success...
Psalm 51:12 (NKJV) Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me by Your generous Spirit. Life can rob you of your joy. I’m not talking about momentary circumstantial happiness. I mean your JOY, and any good feeling about being alive. Divorce, job loss,...
Ephesians 4:1 (NKJV) I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, Humility: a modest and realistic opinion of one’s true status… not the ego-centric, me-focused, self-esteem nonsense that is so common...
Proverbs 25:21 (NKJV) If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; Even Hitler treated the people he liked well… as long as he liked them. Being kind to those you feel favorable towards is not a test of character....
Proverbs 17:5 (NKJV) He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. A lot of people are skeptical about the “poor” today (in Western culture) and for good reason. Our culture has created an entire class of “poor” that...
