Love Without Truth

Scripture Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. ~Ephesians 4:15, NLT Quote “Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.” ~Warren W. Wiersbe We as Southern Baptist are facing an onslaught of compromise…

Septal Defects

Scripture Long ago the LORD said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.” ~Jeremiah 31:3, NLT Quote “From start to finish, the bible is one incredible love story.” ~Nancy Leigh DeMoss Everyone loves a good love story. I am an incurable…

Cheaters Never Win

Scripture The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. ~Proverbs 11:3, NIV Quote If you walk with integrity, you may be confident that God will deal with those who sin against you.  ~Warren W. Wiersbe I’ve done a little cheating in my time. I’m certainly not proud of…

Exhaustion

Scripture Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed. ~Mark 1:35, NIV Quote “There is a natural drain that goes with ministry. Ministry by nature is depleting.” ~Nancy Leigh Demoss It is good to be needed so…

The Truth

Scripture Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” ~John 8:32, NIV Quote The constant problem for humans is to find and adequate basis life in knowledge. By and large, we suffer from a lack of knowledge. ~Dallas Willard The truth in and of itself will not set you free.…

And Wonders Of His Love

Scripture But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ~Romans 5:8, NASB Quote “God’s love is His most amazing trait, and likewise love should be His followers most amazing trait.” ~Timothy Keller It stands to reason that God is holy. Evil by nature is…

Aging Gracefully

Scripture Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. ~2 Corinthians 4:16, NASB Quote “Age is only a state of mind. You are as young as you think.”  ~ Lailah Gifty Akita No one dreams of being old; that’s like dreaming of…

Moral Goodness

Scripture His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. ~2 Peter 3:3, NRSV Quote The command by Jesus in the Sermon on the mount, “Be ye perfect,” is not idealistic gas. He {by grace} is going to…

Praise Is Good

Scripture Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; celebrate his lovely name with music. ~Psalm 135:3, NLT Quote Since we were created to praise our Creator, it fulfills our fundamental and deepest longing. ~Timothy Keller Psalm 135 gives us four good reasons to PRAISE GOD. First we praise Him because He is GOOD, He…

Prepare To Move

Scripture For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down, we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God Himself and not by human hands. ~2 Corinthians 5:1, NLT Quote You’re never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.…