9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light
Speaking the Truth in Love
Speaking the Truth in Love
Posts from October 2023
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10). I can begin each day with prayer that includes thanks. 1 can replace the question, “Why has God done this to me?” with, “How has God helped…
And having disarmed the powers and authorities, [Jesus] made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
In part of John’s glimpse of heaven, he saw four living In pa f · . G d . “H I creatures who did not rest rom pra1smg o saymg, o y, I holy Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to hoy, , come” (Rev. 4:8). In this saying of honor, three…
3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, 4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?
“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10). 1 can begin each day with prayer that includes thanks. I can replace the question, “Why has God done this to me?” with, “How has God helped me in the past?” I can count…
17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, 18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval. 19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification
At some point in life most of us face many types of health I financial, family or other serious problem. Recently, it seems that “storm clouds” have encircled many due to lost jobs, poor health and the economic situation in our country. It would be quite easy to begin counting our problems instead of our blessings. Life is precious. It was given…
35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked
Crowds followed Christ. He could have used the crowds that followed Him to have thrown Jerusalem and Palestine into a turmoil. But Christ would not sacrifice truth and righteousness for a crowd. When Christ saw that the crowds were following Him for what they could get, that their motives were wrong, and that they were not seeing the truth that he was…