1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV) 13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. The message from 1 Corinthians […]
John 14:1-3 (ESV) 1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, […]
2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. This verse should be encouraging to anyone who wants a new spiritual beginning. It does not matter who you are, what you have done, or how you have lived, […]
Romans 8:37 (ESV) 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. In our last blog, we were inspired by the words of Jeremiah, teaching us that the Love of God is steadfast (Lamentations 3:22). In Romans eight, Paul reveals another benefit of the love of God, a […]
Lamentations 3:22 (ESV) 22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; The book of Lamentations is a book of poetic writings, written by the prophet Jeremiah around the time of the fall of Jerusalem (586 B.C.). While Jeremiah is the “weeping” prophet who accurately depicted the sad […]
Paul was a man obsessed with doing right and pleasing God. He aimed to be like Christ, something he seemed to work to achieve every day. His confidence in death came as a result of succeeding in this endeavor. 2 Timothy 4:6-7 (KJV) 6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time […]
Most Christians do not realize how important our physical bodies are. The majority of God’s children believe in a bodily resurrection because they have heard it preached so often, but they fail to realize that the bodies that we now have, will be what is resurrected on the last day. Of course, there are a […]
Guarding our tongues is a challenge to almost all of us. It is very easy to have a slip of the tongue, something we all probably do from time to time. This is why James once wrote, “For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he […]
Our ears are very important. I am not talking about the shape or size of them, but about their functionality. Hearing is an important part of our salvation. Without hearing the Word, one cannot be saved. John 6:45 (ESV) 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone […]
It has been said that the eyes are a gateway to the mind. In our last blog, our emphasis was on guarding the mind. One way our minds can become corrupt is by allowing ourselves to view the wrong kinds of things. What we see with our eyes can lead us into sin. During the […]