Archive for March 2022
Both sides now
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ft7gq-11c958f We cannot know life until we know both sides of it, the good and the bad, the light and the dark. The trying side of life sometimes can seem like all there is, but our faith tells us otherwise. There will be bright times as well as dark times, and we should remain hopeful…
Read MoreS129P5 – The signs of the righteous: slaves to obedience
Rom. 6:16-17 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of…
Read MoreS129P4 – The signs of the righteous: afflicted
Psa. 34:18-19 The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. She was beyond competent or intelligent. The girl was a genius, and that was noticed early on. She…
Read MoreS129P3 – The signs of the righteous: trained by chastening
Heb. 12:9-11 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be…
Read MoreS129P2 – The signs of the righteous: deliberate
Jam. 1:19-20 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God. The man was known for always getting the job done. The issue was one of how that was accomplished. He had not risen…
Read MoreS129P1 – The signs of the righteous: shielded in the Lord
Pro. 18:10-11 The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem. Little kids can be funny. Sometimes, you meet a child for the first time who will run right up…
Read MoreS128P7 – That which lies within: the groans of hope
Rom. 8:22-25 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body. For we were saved in this hope, but…
Read MoreS128P6 – That which lies within: a circumcised heart
Rom. 2:25-29 For circumcision is indeed profitable if you keep the law; but if you are a breaker of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. Therefore, if an uncircumcised man keeps the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be counted as circumcision? And will not the physically uncircumcised, if he fulfills…
Read MoreThe flavor of the month
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jphnc-11c446d In our search for truth and wisdom, we must be careful to find these in God and his word first. It is too easy to get caught up in Christian culture trends, in the new greatest message or messenger. They might be good learning tools, but they are not our source. Do not let…
Read MoreS128P5 – That which lies within: spiritual conviction
Rom. 14:5-7 One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind. He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the…
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