Month: November 2015Page 2 of 3

Why being a good person isn’t enough

I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. -John 14:6 (NIV) For it is by grace you…

If it’s in His will

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. -Matthew 6:10 (KJV) Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe…

The significance of the yoke

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? -2 Corinthians 6:14 (NIV)…

Love as a constant

The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. -Leviticus…

Decoys

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. -Psalms 119:15 (NIV) At the time of this writing (November 2015), there’s a dwindling furor over a Starbucks Christmas…

Out with the old, in with the new

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore,…

When the pain won’t stop

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is…

Bad apples…or oranges?

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? -1 Corinthians 3:3 (NIV)…

Detouring around treacherous roads

But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house. -2 Samuel 11:9 (NIV) Sometimes, when…

Father Knows Best

Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a…