Bible commentator E.M. Bounds wrote, “Heaven ought to draw and engage us. Heaven ought to so fill our hearts and hands, our manner, and our conversation, our character, and our features, that all would see that we are foreigners, strangers to this world.
Read MoreIs your attitude sweet, sour, bitter or spiced? Yes, you might be pleasant during everyday interactions, but what attitude or mood is right under the surface ready to spill out when you are hungry, tired, slighted or upset?
Read MoreWhen God created the world, he used a wand. No, that’s not right. When God created the world, he concocted a potion. That’s not right either.
Read More“O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.”
Read MoreIt is of no minor significance that one of the many names for God is Father. Not only is He our perfect Heavenly Father, but He also shows fathers and mothers how to relate to their children.He his the ultimate role model. Here are four ways God the Father illustrates how to be a loving parent.
Read MoreIntimacy is the connection of spirit to spirit, soul to soul, heart to heart. It's the connection people have when they love Jesus and each other. It's a beautiful, wonderful thing. Of course, true intimacy is rare these days. That's because intimacy requires trust, the kind of trust that allows a person to be his or her true self.
Read MoreRighteousness, in a Biblical context, is to be right with God at the core of your being. It means that on a scale of 1-10, you’re an 11! No human is righteous through their own efforts (Romans 3:19-20).
Read MorePaul’s appeal to be wise concerning what is good and simple is as needful today as when he wrote to Roman believers, especially in family life. At a time when anything goes, many homes are polluted by words and actions that offend the Lord.
Read MoreYou wouldn’t withhold the cure for cancer from someone in desperate need of it. Nor would you offer a home remedy in its place. And yet that’s what many pastors do when they substitute their own opinions and wisdom for the life-transforming truth of God’s Word.
Read MoreWho of us hasn’t had the experience of saying something we wished we hadn’t said? It’s a universal issue, and it has been for centuries. In the book of James, we read about the difficulty we all have in controlling our tongue.
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