It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. Gal 6:15. Its not what happens on the outside but what happens on the inside that counts. Religious observance, or being seen to do the right thing isn’t what’s important. What’s important is […]
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Gal 5:22-23. What type of fruit is your life producing. They say a tree is known by its fruit, and so it is with us too. […]
O God, you are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you in this parched and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory. Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how […]
I wait quietly before God, for my victory comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress where I will never be shaken.. O my people, trust in him at all times. Pour out your heart to him, for God is our refuge. PS 62:1-2,8. Just wait on God. In our […]
And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.” Mat16:19. As an heir of heaven we have been given Kingdom authority to positively effect our lives and the lives of others. […]
But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law. God sent him to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, so that he could adopt us as his very own children. And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of […]
For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus. And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes… And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs […]
My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not treat the grace of God as meaningless. For if keeping […]
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant. Gal1:10. If our goal was to please everyone you would go with the flow and agree with all things even though they maybe contradictory, but the reality is, our life […]
My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident. No wonder I can sing your praises! Wake up, my heart! Wake up, O lyre and harp! I will wake the dawn with my song. PS 57:7-8. Let your confidence in God become louder than the voices of your concerns. Let the reality […]