Love and marriage without the cross that crucifies the flesh is antichrist. At the end ofEphesians 5, Paul frames love and marriage in the context of Jesus Christ as The Second Adam and the Church as a second Eve. He does this by quoting fromGenesis 2of how Eve was made from the side...
Jesus is my love, not my religion… He’s not someone I bribe to go to heaven, He’s not someone I obey in fear of hell. He’s not something I wear for showcase, He’s NOT my religion. He is my love, He is that someone who makes the sun shine when I wake up in the morn...
Today’s Meditation:Lord Jesus is the Advocate, and the propitiation. He is the Great Priest, and the sacrifice. His sacrifice is enough to salvage our relationship with God without any shortage. However, this will not take effect if we are not willing to believe and accept. We not only ...
As I am following Jesus, I want to remain spiritually vigorous all the way to the end of my life. David has shown us that the way to do that is to stay close to God and remember all that he has done and continues to do for us. These truths will restore our spiritual vitality so ...
Still, she carried on bravely with her new duties, offering her sufferings to Jesus, the Lamb of God. Agnes went on to establish Poor Ladies communities in Mantua, Padua and Venice, inspiring many young women to leave their worldly lives to pursue a life consecrated to God in monastic seclu...
1 Timothy 1:12 :“And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.” Today’s Meditation:Other religions ask from believers without supplying. Christianity is the other way where God supplies before asking. The Lord not only...
Verse (Click for Chapter) New International VersionNow this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.New Living TranslationAnd this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent...
The Bible specifically says that all men and all women havesinned and fall way short of the glory of Godand that without Jesus, we can do absolutely nothing of any consequence. We are imperfect in every way, shape, and form. We are powerless within our own beings to accomplish anything ...
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. Contemporary English Version "I am the way, the truth, and the life!" Jesus answered. "Without me, no one can go to the Father. ...
It made me tear up because I realized that I’ve been conflating theJesus is rest for the wearyverse and theGod resting on the seventh dayverse. We are often weary, especially spiritually weary from trying to fit into the boxes religious communities make for us. And Jesus’ perfect love ...