I believe God is trying to tell us something very important with this statement, and the apostle Paul perfectly captures what that something is in the second verse I will list below. Paul makes one of the most classic statements ever made on the importance of love and how this quality fits...
im a good pl im certain hell im coming home im completely drained im confused no more f im dreaming dreams im im fully convinced of im gonna love you til im in between disappo im in love and always im in the blues today im just a boy im maxed up im not in the mood im not keen...
It’s like Christianity looks good from afar, just don’t get too close and ask too many personal questions. Putting it in the context of today’s verse, it’s like they were hoping that becoming a Christian was the equivalent of having ‘salt’ thrown in their spring. The natural resul...
Because something vital would be missed in our absence: “encouraging one another” (v. 25). We need that mutual encouragement to “spur one another on toward love and good deeds” (v. 24). Brothers and sisters, keep meeting together, because someone may need you there. And the correspond...
Through this blog I aim to spur and be spurred to greater love and good deeds just as Hebrews 10:24 urges us as followers of Jesus Christ.
A few years later, in happier times, life still demanded courage and tenacity and I used a Taoist verse to keep me going. During this time, many people wrote to me or contacted me, as a result of the columns I wrote every week. One particular woman rang with what seemed like a convo...
Ephesians 1:17states,“I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.”This verse highlights the ongoing relationship and continuous seeking of God’s wisdom to deepen our understan...
This love is transformative, both for the individual and the community, fostering unity, peace, and growth in the body of Christ. Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - Let all your things be done with charity; rather, as in the Revised Version, Let all that ye do be done in love. This is ...
your well-beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of lords: Mercifully grant that the peoples of the earth, divided and enslaved by sin, may be freed and brought together under his most gracious rule; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen....
As early as in the ninth century the text was known in a paraphrase in verse (Passio metrica).16 The hagiographic pattern used in the story of St. Justin’s martyrdom is subordinated to the overriding motif or perfect love. The seemingly hopeless journey of Justin—an innocent and ...