Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” (Mark 12:30) Train the heart to love God: (heart = desires.) Colossians 3:1-2 “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts...
Philo: to love Sophy: knowledge, wisdom There is a trap set by Satan. “You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” The words...
Satan, the deceiver and destroyer, is constantly luring us to “good” things (like Martha) so that we are too busy to have relationship with God, the best thing (like Mary). BUSY (acrostic) = “Being Under Satan’s Yoke” So next time you feel yourself too busy to be with God, then...
Hebrews 3:12-13 “See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.” Hebrews 10: 23-25 “Let us...
God Who saidLet there be ligh and Who made His light shine in us also commanded Be anxious for nothing. Yet we still so easily consider our human needs first and make mention of them to Him. Clearly stated and often completely disregarded, Seek first His Kingdom and Righteousness. We...
My body grows weaker but my faith grows stronger. My physical eyes become dimmer while my spiritual vision becomes sharper. Pride yields to pain; Humility and obedience bring personal joy unspeakable, glory to God, and hope to others. I long to go Home. But there’s work to do. Paul says...
“The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (1 Samual 16:7b) “Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment.” (Words of Jesus from John 7:24) I’ve noticed what I consider a grave...