“I don’t want to leave the earth. I just want to leave myself!” Have you ever had such a thought? What I mean by “leaving myself” is a disdain for the self such that I want to be someone else. “I wish I were someone else,” expresses a similar sentiment. I think I’m past blaming everyone […]
Romans 12:19-21-Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals […]
You cannot add to your faith, but you can supplement it. It is through faith in Jesus alone that saves. But this saving faith is not alone. It is accompanied by good works and changed lives. And although we cannot work to get faith, once we got it, we must work it out. But what […]
1 Chronicles 28:4-Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father’s house, and among my father’s sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. As a […]
Have you become depressed because your hope has been dashed? That shows that your hope was in the wrong thing. Elijah the prophet became depressed after one of his greatest VICTORIES (Not defeats). He has emphatically displayed that the Lord is greater than Baal (an idol) in a duel of the prophets. Him versus 450 […]
2 Thessalonians 3:1-3-Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, 2 and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. One of the hallmarks of seeking to live by faith, is to trust God for […]
Is it more important to please God or to be pleased in Him? I’ve been pondering over that question for the last couple weeks. Growing up in church, I think I’ve always assumed the former: We are to please God. We are to please God through our reading the word, going to church, giving offering, […]
1 Chronicles 22:17-19–David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, 18 “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not given you peace on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord […]
A christian atheist is someone who claims a belief in God and yet lives as if God does not exist. He or she probably goes to church, reads the Bible, even prays time to time, and yet in all his/her dealings of life, is no different than someone who does not believe in God – an atheist. […]
When I was in my 20’s, I kept having a swelling of gums in my mouth. A teenager friend of mine told me to just use Listerine and it will take it right out! Like a fool I listened to that advice and never went to see the dentist. But it became worse and worse […]