4Some people have slipped in among you unnoticed. Not long ago they were condemned in writing for the following reason: They are people to whom God means nothing. They use God’s kindnessas an excuse for sexual freedom and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. ...
14 If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 By all means do not let anyone of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. 16 But if someone suffers as a Christian,...
"Beloved" means to be greatly loved. No one can love us like God. He is love. God spoke the world into existence with love. Jesus is the greatest expression of God’s love for us, so that His great love can live in us. We are His beloved children, undeserving of His love yet ch...
but when I look back in dissatisfaction, I realize that I haven’t even asked. When I do ask, I usually don’t wait for an answer before I go off and do my own thing. I’m realizing I’m a lot like Sarah (Abraham’s wife) in the Bible. She was promised a son, and when th...
Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – January 24, 2022 And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are MybelovedSon; in You I am well pleased.Luke 3:22, NKJV ...
these efforts is expressed by the African proverb which says: ‘When I pray for bread and I get it, I think at bread and I forgot about God. When I pray for bread and I don’t get it, I think of God.’ More preferred the means of communication that challenge, and not the simple...
Music is utilized as a means of survival, protest, expression, and community in Beloved. This motif often shows up in the form of allusions. For example, Paul D's work song that he sings as he fixes up 124 is an adaptation of a real railroad work song called "Sis Joe." The allusion...
as Paris is plunged deeper into the Depression and many expatriate friends return to America. As she faces painful personal and financial crises, Sylvia—a woman who has made it her mission to honor the life-changing impact of books—must decide what Shakespeare and Company truly means to her...
Most beloved, concerning everything, I make it my prayer that you may benefit by advancing and succeeding in whatever may be to the benefit of your soul.New American BibleBeloved, I hope you are prospering in every respect and are in good health, just as your soul is prospering.New ...
Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges [those dishonorable desires] that wage war against the soul.Christian Standard BibleDear friends, I urge you as strangers and exiles to abstain from sinful desires that wage war against the soul....