Brent Riggs - Serious Faith - Developer, Author, Painter, Pastor, Teacher

Humility, gentleness, patience, love; these are the traits of those walking worthy of the Christian faith. Are you walking worthy?

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...

How have you treated your enemies lately? Fed them? Drinks? Heaped any burning coals on their head? No not the revenge kind…

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....

How do you view the truly poor? Not the “welfare-I-don’t-want-to-work” poor, but the genuinely poor? It matters what you think.

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...

How do you use your gifts? Graciously and freely? Or grumbling the whole time? We should use our gifts to serve others.

1 Peter 4:9 (NKJV) Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. We are too busy. Me too. It can take the joy out of being hospitable. Just the thought of cramming in another dinner, or inviting someone over may be a source of even more stress for a lot of people....

How do you live a pure life? Obedience. Obedience is the key to many things like assurance and growth. Simple but powerful.

1 Peter 1:22 (NKJV) Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, How do you live a pure life? Obey. How do you live a holy life? Obey. How do you live a...

How about some mercy, peace and love? How about some in abundance? Yeah, me too. Only God offers it, but on His terms.

Jude 1:2 (NKJV) Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. There are all sorts of things multiplying today that we could do without. Immorality, violence, cheats, thieves, corruption, heartache, sickness… seems like there is multiplied bad news, bad times and bad...

Have you reasoned with anyone lately? How about reasoned concerning salvation? Did you tell them their sins are like scarlet?

Isaiah 1:18 (NKJV) “Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. We live in an unreasonable time. With the out-of-control growth of...

Have you prepared your mind today? Have you set your hope? Do you long for fully revealed grace? Are you self-controlled?

1 Peter 1:13 (NKJV) Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; “Gird up the loins of your mind…” I dare you to run around today saying that to everyone...

Have you ever done any PURE and FAULTLESS Christianity? Do you know what it is? If not, you should give it try.

James 1:27 (NKJV) Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. One of the greatest joys I have is to give to an orphanage and to help local widows. Why?...

God will supply every need you have ACCORDING TO HIS riches in Christ, and that’s the trick: our needs according to Christ.

Philippians 4:19 (NKJV) And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Too often that verse is used as some sort of “God is a genie in a bottle” spiritual trick verse to teach people the Lord will supply you with all your...

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