Morning Verse September 23 “Accepted in the beloved.” Ephesians 1:6 What a state of privilege! It includes our justification before God, but the term “acceptance” in the Greek means more than that. It signifies that we are the objects of divine…
Tag: Christ
Got Faith?
17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. Romans 1:17 (KJV) Scientists and intellectuals often look askance at faith because they think it is vague and…
Word Therapy
1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of…
No Night There
Rev 21:25 (KJV) “And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.” “No Night There” When I was a child, the fact that there would be no night in…
Your Prayers Shake-up the Whole World
2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV): 9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou…
Your Old Self Cannot Take You (Where Your New Self Needs to Go)
Gal 2:20-21 (KJV) 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,…
Whatever Happened to Kindness (in the Church)?
Colossians 3:12-15 (KJV) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even…
Tired of Your Wicked Self? (Try Jesus!)
There are many adjectives that have been used to describe Jesus. When I was young, there was a song that was sung, that described the Lord as being: “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild.” The Bible gives a profound description of…
The War Between Obedience & Rage (Which One Wins?)
Ephesians 2: 3 We also were employed in those works from the first in the desires of our flesh, and we were doing the will of our flesh and of our minds, and we were entirely children of rage, as…
God Is Love, So Let’s Get to Know Him (& Live a Better Christian Life)
1 John 4:8-9 (KJV) 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we…