Anyone who lives righteously and with integrity, who thinks of others before themselves, and seeks to honor God in all of their day to day dealings – that person will not be upended, they will not be defeated spiritually and they will live in God’s house for eternity.
We are all equal. But, it’s not until we turn to Christ will we become truly free. People can rally and protest, shout slogans and raise fists all they want but nothing will change that truth.
The flat-out truth is, the best any human can do is speculate on another person’s motives. Heck, we can’t even decipher our own motives much of the time!
“LORD, I don’t deserve this!” “I see. Would you rather I give you what you do deserve?” This should stop most of us dead in our tracks of self pity. First of all, it’s ironic that we’d start this pity party with the term ‘LORD’. If Jesus is truly LORD of our lives, how could …
– a devotional – “… forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.” (Matthew 6:12 ESV) What exactly does this mean? To the same degree I forgive God will also forgive my sins (debts)? If I don’t forgive others, my sins won’t be forgiven either? Remember the parable of the unforgiving servant… …
Does God really impose curses? The concept of being able to curse someone is not new. It has been a common response of humans for millennia. Many cultures believe that it is possible to curse one’s enemies so they become weak or easily defeated. Cursing others has been around forever (James 3:9-10). It is reasonable …
Last weeks’ blog: There’s No Checklist for Christianity, Part 1 of 2, took the reader through the first nine verses of Romans 12, perhaps the most concentrated look at the expectations God has for His followers. This week’s blog starts at verse 11 and goes to the end of the chapter. From PART 1… Being …
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He (God) has told you, Human, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:8) Do. Love. Walk. It’s terribly important to visit ,and revisit, well-loved, and oft-quoted scriptures. We are so prone to falling in love …