Eternal life! Now that is something to get excited about! And why? Because Jesus is describing for those who would have faith in him that they would have a quality of existence that is better than anything we can fully comprehend or have in this world. Jesus will grant to those who have faith in […]
February 2, 2011
That is how it is with so many of us; we have trouble believing in ourselves. I know that in life I have made so many mistakes and fallen so short of the goal that I occasionally don’t believe in myself. Simply put, I have struggled too many times to put much faith in myself. […]
February 1, 2011
Deep down inside every one of us we like the idea of being loved by someone special. Someone who understands us and accepts us where we are, yet is willing to be patient with us as we grow and mature into something greater than that which we could ever be without them. Such a person […]
September 24, 2010
“For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, 19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. 20 He was chosen before the creation of the […]
September 23, 2010
“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in […]
September 22, 2010
“ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men…14 […]
September 20, 2010
“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” (Psalm 42:1-2, NIV). The Psalmist has it right! He knows where truth is found. He knows where the freedom that does not […]
September 17, 2010
“But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be […]
September 14, 2010
“You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.” (Titus 2:1, NIV). Deep down inside you know it is right. You know it is proper. No, it is not easy; it is probably, at least initially more difficulty. It certainly requires more devotion, more dedication, more discipline than the easy way. And it requires […]
September 13, 2010
“It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” – Jesus (Matthew 4:4, NIV). Do we get it? Are we listening to what he is really saying? If we miss it, we miss the very life we so earnestly desire to have. If […]
February 4, 2011
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