• I am not an obedient and mature believer if I make my choices chiefly based on what is most comfortable to me, what advances me, and what pleases me – rather than seek God and ask Him what He wants me to choose. That includes every area of life – home, work, school, relatio...
What gives me deep joy is to know that we have the same authority, the same Holy Spirit, the same teachings, and the same King who is still promising to be with us to the very end of the age. We are those who are sent in all boldness and authority of Jesus Himself. We have noth...
26 And when I come to you again, you will have even more reason to take pride in Christ Jesus because of what he is doing through me. Live as Citizens of Heaven 27 Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ...
“Therefore, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you should stand firm in the Lord, dear friends! 2 I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord. 3 Yes, and I ask you, loyal yokefellow, help these wo...
will keep your hearts and minds safe in union with the Messiah Yeshua.8In conclusion, brothers, focus your thoughts on what is true, noble, righteous, pure, lovable or admirable, on some virtue or on something praiseworthy.9Keep doing what you have learned and received from me, what you ...
Still, there are times when I don't know that I'd recognize God's tapping me on the shoulder unless there was a form of discipline in place to make my eyes focus elsewhere! The Spirit-led is highly subjective. That can be good and that can be bad - we need something in place to...
Frankly, this text in Philippians doesn't really tell us exactly of what he emptied himself. But we know from the text that he: Became a slave and A human being. "He took on the form (morphē) of a slave," an expression of servility. This is in contrast to expression of divinity ...
18 But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice." (1:15-18)Don't be surprised that Paul had enemies among the Christians. Show me any man or woman who is effective in the ...
There is just the slightest difference between good and evil. My daughter was correct. Would wearing them bring in the height of satisfaction viewers were chasing after? I bet not. I wanted to know what was said about the opposite of this word. Here is what I found: Disfigure. To spoil...
Good News Translation They are going to end up in hell, because their god is their bodily desires. They are proud of what they should be ashamed of, and they think only of things that belong to this world. International Standard Version ...