JOHN 3:30 – He must increase, but I must decrease.” It isn’t far away. Really it isn’t. There are small signs of it even though mounds of dirty snow still occupy spots in many parking lots. I am referring to spring and the “resurrection of nature” from the deadness of winter. The flowers are eager to burst forth and the sweet fragrances…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Personal Walk
ECCLESIASTES 3:18 – I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.” God does many works in the lives of His children. Here are just a few. He teaches us. He directs us. He comforts us. He corrects us. He conforms us into…
PSALM 37:5 – Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act.” There is a verse in the New Testament offering a nice complement to today’s scripture. It is familiar and found in the Apostle Peter’s first letter – casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7). In both verses,…
PROVERBS 28:26 – He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks wisely will be delivered.” We do it so easily. Not to mention we have many forces against us helping us to do it so easily. The devil desires us to do it knowing it will cause serious spiritual damage. The world wants us to…
1 JOHN 3:1-3 – See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that…
GALATIANS 5:22-23 – But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Remember what our Lord Jesus said about fruit? In Luke’s gospel, we read His words – “For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is…