S89P4 – The good death: childish things

1 Cor. 13:11-12 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I…

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S89P3 – The good death: a false sense of ownership

Rom. 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. I remember my life before Christ having a constant theme.  The child who sought freedom from an oppressive upbringing took his instant adult liberty to unhealthy limits. …

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S89P2 – The good death: divisive behavior

Eph. 4:31-32 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. At first glance, one might have thought that these people had it made.  They were wealthy, attractive and living…

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S89P1 – The good death: earthly things

Col. 3:1-7 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life…

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S88P6 – In the Throne Room: a worthy celebration

Rev. 5:8-10 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, and to…

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S88P5 – In the Throne Room: the divinely perfect Lamb

Rev. 5:4-7 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it. But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose…

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A matter of time

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qnw3n-fce170 Recently, I have been challenged to evaluate how I spend this time and this life while God still grants me minutes and hours here.  There is a lot we could be doing, and then there is a lot we should be doing.  Perhaps it is time yet again for us to seek God regarding…

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S88P3 – In the Throne Room: the sacrifice of gifts

Rev. 4:9-11 Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying: “You are worthy,…

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