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"So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day." (2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV)One thing that is obvious to me and others is that, as I age, both my body and mind (which Paul describes as my "outer self") are...
What do we do in the face of unanswered prayers?So often I hear from people that it is hard for them to have faith because God has not answered their prayers. In fact, as a result of unanswered prayers, many Christians to begin to falsely believe that God doesn't love...
"The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor." (Proverbs 22:9 NIV)Just what is this verse saying, really?If you take it at face value, it is easy enough to understand it as thus: If you want to be blessed, you must be...
"John, calling two of His disciples to Him, sent them to the Lord, saying, 'Are You the One who is to come, or shall we look for another?' ... And He answered them, 'Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers...
“And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.” (Matthew 5:41 KJV) Dearly beloved and friends,happy new month;your joy shall be full and you will march forward in all areas of life in Jesus name. Our loving God and Father, expects us to be...
“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.” (Psalm 100:4 KJV) Dearly beloved and friends,do you know that the praise and worship of God come as a delightsome enterprise? Really it does and it...
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'" (John 14:6 ESV) In my laissez-faire relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I sometimes find myself becoming passive, content with...
After this He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And He said to him, "Follow Me." And leaving everything, he rose and followed Him. And Levi made Him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and...
"For He will command His angels concerning You to guard You in all Your ways. On their hands they will bear You up, lest You strike Your foot against a stone."(Psalm 91:11-12 ESV) These are the verses misused by the devil in his efforts to lead Jesus into sin,...
"An argument arose among them [Jesus' disciples] as to which of them was the greatest. But Jesus, knowing the reasoning of their hearts, took a child and put him by His side and said to them, 'Whoever receives this child in My Name receives Me, and whoever receives Me...
"When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance and have taken possession of it and live in it, you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the LORD your God is giving you,...
"And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as was His custom, He went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and He stood up to read. ... 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to proclaim good news to the poor.' ... When they...
"God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another." (1 Peter 4:10-11 NLT) I knew I wasn’t adopted when I was growing up. My older brother, Eddie and I looked too much alike and our faces were the perfect...