Time to Reflect Psalms 18:6 When I was in trouble, I called out to the Lord. I cried to my God for help. From his temple, he heard my voice. My cry for help reached his ears. The night before you entered recovery; do you remember where you […]
Sin can’t tell you how to live. After all, you’re not living under that old tyranny any longer. You’re living in the freedom of God. So, since we’re out from under the old tyranny, does that mean we can live any old way we want? Since we’re free […]
Childish Adulthood Luke 18:17 Mark this: “Unless you accept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.” There have been many occasions in the past where we have been ‘childish’ but not ‘child-like’ Childish in stubbornness, foolishness, and destructiveness. Often under the influence of […]
God says “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out–plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.” That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is […]
Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he […]
“If you love me, show it by doing what I’ve told you. I will talk to the Father, and he’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can’t take him in because […]
Our relationship with Christ makes us children of God What marvelous love the Father has extended to us! Just look at it–we’re called children of God! That’s who we really are. But that’s also why the world doesn’t recognize us or take us seriously because it has no idea […]
Romans 13:8 Pay everything you owe. But you can never pay back all the love you owe each other. Those who love others have done everything the law requires. Some relationships can never be repaired. People may have passed away. They may have moved away and you have […]
John 1:15-18 John pointed him [Jesus] out and called, “This is the One! The One I told you was coming after me but in fact was ahead of me. He has always been ahead of me, has always had the first word.” We all live off his generous bounty, […]
John 13:34 “I give you a new command. Love one another. You must love one another, just as I have loved you.” Love is a command from Jesus. It is not an optional extra. It is not shown just be respecting others but also by self-sacrifice and serving […]
