If you consider yourself a follower of Christ it is so important that you know the Bible. To have the context of scripture for yourself so it is not even what your pastor preaches on a Sunday morning but for YOU to know the Word. There are also so many great Bible study tools that a...
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing...
With the help of the Master Teacher, the Holy Spirit, I will attempt, by using Scripture, to apply a certain reasoning to why Jesus used so many examples of life's emotions to teach on how to be blessed and content when all hell is breaking loose around you. Our Scripture comes from ...
Praise God, I often feel like singing and I can’t get enough of His presence that comes with the joy that He gives me. But, even when I don’t feel like singing or praising God, He can give me back that joy. When sadness threatens to overtake me, I can still go out in joy a...
We cansmellthe fragrance of his sweet presence (Psalm 45:6-8)—if we pay attention. Our five senses help us connect with God more intimately in solitude. Many people call itQuiet Time—moments they spend with God in scripture reading/study, prayer, perhaps journaling, and/or listening to ...
Making the connection between my comment about their future wives and the Scripture that we’ve been studying for months, Arlen, a 15-year-old student who ran past me with a rather large rock cradled in his hands, glanced up at me and asked with a tricky grin, “But we’re not gonna...
Fortunately, reading the Bible can help to strengthen your faith in God's love. There is no force more powerful than the love our heavenly Father has for us, His children. His love can move mountains, stop the roaring seas, heal broken bones and wounded hearts, transform lives, and set ...
Probably the most direct reference in Scripture that would lead us to believe this, can be found the Book of Revelation (which has already been quoted in my blog, "72 And A Red Moon Rising"):"I know that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal ...
Sometimes it is through books, it is through Scripture. Sometimes it is over the Internet. Judge the wicked, LORD. It is to reward the righteous. They repented for abortion and the nation, but they did not repent for allowing it. The Church did not occupy until He comes. We are to ...
because Dan was perfect. He prayed every night. He memorized passages of Scripture. At the age of eight, Dan decided to eat no sugar. He didn’t eat a dessert for five years. As teenagers Drew worked a job and spent all his money. Dan worked a job and saved all his. Drew once be...