New Years Resolution: Turning Daily – Part 2

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Joel 2:12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart…” (NKJV) Yo-yo dieting. Broken resolve. Backsliding. Besetting sin. Falling away. Here we go again. Every person who gives...

New Years Resolution: Turn to God – Part 1

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Joel 2:12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart…” (NKJV) Every New Year brings endless resolutions, and a couple weeks later – endless broken resolutions. I think a...

Contentment

1 Timothy 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. (NKJV) A prayer asking God to grant us contentment in all thingsHeavenly Father,If I am suffering, without clothing, poor, discouraged or mistreated;make my heart value Your love, know it intimately and be...

Peace and Assurance

Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever. (NKJV)Being assured of your salvation has many facets. There is no simple checklist or magic formula. The Bible does however say that we can KNOW we...

Without Jesus

The privileges of being God’s child and what we cannot do without Jesus O Mighty God Illumine my heart to know that Your grace is everlasting; coming before, during and after my salvation; It sustains my redeemed spirit so that nothing can break me away from You....

Love

Galatians 5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” (NKJV; emphasis mine) As a servant of Christ we can explain and fulfill the entire law of God in one word: “love”.This isn’t a...

Practical Paul: Burden Bearing – Part 2

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (NKJV) The Apostle Paul was a master teacher, not only plumbing the depths of theology and doctrine, but also laying out for us...

Practical Paul: Burden Bearing – Part 2

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. (NKJV) The Apostle Paul was a master teacher, not only plumbing the depths of theology and doctrine, but also laying out for us...

Practical Paul: Restoration – Part 1

(Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. (NKJV) The Apostle Paul was...

Now I See You

Job 42:5 “I have heard of You [God] by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You. (NKJV)The man called Job in the Bible said in the verse above, “I had heard of You with my ears in the past, but now I have truly seen You with my eyes.” In other words, Job’s head...