For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective […]
For a child is born to us,a son is given to us.The government will rest on his shoulders.And he will be called:Wonderful Counselor,Mighty God,Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isa 9:6. At Christmas we remember God’s greatest act of love, His gift to humanity, His son. This was fore told 800 years before Jesus was born. […]
The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. Is 9:2. 800 years before Jesus was born, His birth was forertold by the prophet Isaiah. He spoke of the shining star that would shine so brightly to lead those in darkness to the birth place of Jesus, where God became flesh to bring […]
For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love. Death can’t and life can’t. The angels won’t, and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God’s love away. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, or where we are-high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean-nothing will ever […]
If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that […]
And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. Heb 13:16. Doing good to others and sharing with them should be a part of our daily lifestyle. The busyness of life usually keeps us focussed on what we need to do rather than making time […]
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Phil 4:6-7. When you pray to the King […]
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our […]
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death. 2Cor7:10. When God shines His light into the dark places of our life,He desires to change us,to set […]
We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. 1 Jn 4:16-17a. God’s love changes everything. When we live in […]