Month: October 2015Page 2 of 4

Under the spotlight, where will you go?

But the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” -Genesis 3:9 (NIV) And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for…

Get out of your own way

Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey–whether you are slaves to sin, which leads…

Great Flood 2.0

All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died…And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred…

Why my baptism didn’t take

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9 (NIV)…

Your life as a sign to others

In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in…

To be sheep

My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them…

Faith in unrealized blessings

Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. -A.W. Tozer Therefore, I tell…

When buried seeds are sown with tears

Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! -Psalm 126:5 (ESV) Sometimes it feels like you’re getting buried alive, doesn’t it? (It’s not just me,…

It ain’t just a river in Egypt

“I have the right to do anything,” you say–but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”–but I will not be mastered by anything. -1…

How may I serve you?

You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. -Galatians…