Good guys do not always win. As a matter of fact, it seems that bad guys win more often than not. And if we expect everything to go wrong for the bad guy eventually, that’s not always true either. There are plenty of bad guys that live till good ole age and die in peace […]
I dread having my children grow up. Because I know what’s coming. Not only external struggles for them, but internal struggles with sin. And therefore, struggle with us, their parents. If I could help it, I would bundle them up and tie them down so that they would stay at this age forever (Actually, I […]
Psalm 15:1&4-O Lord, who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill?… 4 in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; One of the things I think I took very seriously growing up […]
I love these words from Jesus: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Matthew 11:28-29 Do you ever get tired of […]
2 Corinthians 13:4–For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God. One of the more helpful ways to look at life in Christ, is to see “our walk” as […]
Jesus is not our Savior only once. He needs to be our Savior daily! Just like my wife is not a wife only on our wedding day. She’s my wife until death do us apart. When I first became a Christian, the circle that I was in emphasized the doctrine of “once saved, always saved” so much […]
1 Corinthians 3:6–For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building. It’s not uncommon to have the idea “that if I just live right ,and not be as evil as what is going on in the world”, than that is enough. Though that may help alleviate our individual “ills” to society. God […]
I’m sure if David was evaluated by a psychologist today, he would be diagnosed with bipolar. So often in his psalms, he seems so depressed and negative and then all of sudden, he’s praising God and joyful in Him! For example in Psalm 69:1, “For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink […]
2 Corinthians 10:17-18–“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” 18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends. When we think of the things we find satisfaction and accomplishment in, we usually derive those standards and achievements from what we desire, or what […]