As I travel around the country, I am amazed at the number of people who I talk to that are genuinely striving to keep the 10 commandments apart from Christ. Though they have heard the gospel and received its truth, they have run back to a law-keeping mindset and have convinced themselves if they […]
Even as a new parent, I realized quickly the power and importance of words. Today our society flippantly uses the word love for everything from bubblegum to baseball. In doing so, we cloud the lines and understanding of true love. In all of history, there is one example that stands out above all the rest […]
I listened intently as my pastor shared from Ephesians 5:1-6 this weekend. Thank you Pastor John! Here’s what I caught and contemplated: Immorality, impurity are set against the perfect plan of God. It includes anything sexually that is not Gods’s design as part of marriage as described in Genesis. Hebrews 13:4 further clarifies there is […]
I listened intently as my pastor shared from Ephesians 5:1-6 this weekend. Thank you Pastor John! Here’s what I caught and contemplated: Immorality, impurity are set against the perfect plan of God. It includes anything sexually that is not Gods’s design as part of marriage as described in Genesis. Hebrews 13:4 further clarifies there is […]
Did you catch the “so that”? God’s plan for you is to live in righteousness through His son Christ. Wait a minute, don’t miss the dead to sin part. Jesus’ work on the cross accomplished all of this. Personal Reflection If you are struggling with sin this morning, repent and return to God’s truth. Every […]
A thought hit me today as I was watering our seed starts for our garden. In some of the packs there are weeds that I’m watering. Why am I doing that? Of course I pulled out the ones that were blatant weeds(these are easily distinguishable once the real seed start comes up. In […]
Jeremiah tells us that the heart is deceitful above all else and is desperately sick. We cannot fool the LORD. He sees right to our core and tests us according to absolute truth and fact. What hope is there then if we are desperately sick at the heart of our being? Our hope lies […]