We have three families: 1) we are members of the human family; 2) our family of origin; and 3) our spiritual family. Adam was the head of the human family. We know how that turned out. Our fleshly father was the head of our blood family. You be the judge of how that turned out. … Read More →
Category Archives: The Christian Life
Be the (sub)Master of Your Life
God told Adam and Eve to fill the earth and subdue it. (Gen 1:28) They were to rule their environment in a loving way. Their rule would be loving because until they disobeyed God, they were one with Him, and God is love. (1 Jn 4:8) So they couldn’t rule any other way. Today, we … Read More →
Happiness or Joy?
In receiving there may be happiness . But it is in genuinely volunteered service that there is true joy.
Are You Whole?
“I am the vine, you are the branches. He that remains in Me, and I in him, this one bears much fruit; because apart from Me you can do nothing at all.” Jn 15:5 If your life is filled with Jesus, you are whole. If not, you have an unfillable hole in your life. … Read More →
Look to Jesus
Look to Jesus for… LOVE ………………………DIRECTION ………………………WISDOM ………………………POWER LOVE To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and he leads them out. Jn 10:3 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Mt 10:30 And I also beg you, true yoke-fellow, help … Read More →
God Lives Under the Bed
This is an inspiring article by Kelly Adkins that could be titled He Comes as a Child. God Lives Under the Bed I envy Kevin. My brother Kevin thinks God lives under his bed. At least that’s what I heard him say one night. He was praying out loud in his dark bedroom, and I … Read More →
A Sound Mind
“For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2Ti 1:7 (MKJV) A sound mind requires a sound foundation. And the one whom our Creator appointed to be our Shepherd, Jesus Christ, is that foundation. As He said, “Therefore whoever hears these sayings … Read More →
Eyes on Jesus
The following is from Charles H. Spurgeon’s Morning and Evening Daily Devotional – It is the work of the Holy Spirit to turn our eyes from self to Jesus. Satan’s work is just the opposite. Satan insinuates, “Your sins are too great to pardon. You have no faith. You do not repent enough. You will never be … Read More →
God’s Love
The greatest stabilizer in a Christian’s life is a sense of God’s love, a consciousness of living in His grace.
Relying on Ourselves
Heb 12:1 reads “… and the sin that so easily entangles us…” Some authorities say that this sin is a lack of faith. And I wouldn’t argue with that assessment. But I suspect we can be more specific. The sin that so easily entangles us is relying on our own reasoning. (Pro 3:5) We have … Read More →
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