The Son of Perdition

Scripture While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. ~John 17:12, KJV Quote The saga of Judas is a mystery that no man can…

Adoption Through Propitiation

Scripture See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we would be called children of God; and we are. ~1 John 3:1, LSB Quote The New Testament gives us two yardsticks for measuring God’s love: the cross {propitiation} and sonship {Adoption}. ~J.I. Packer I had not given it any thought before…

PEACE, Who Wants It?

Scripture “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.” ~John 14:27, NLT Quote “You {God} made us for Yourself and our hearts find no peace until they rest in You.” ~Augustine Sigmund Freud was…

Discernment

Scripture I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in full knowledge and all discernment. ~Philippians 1:9, LSB Quote Satan is not fighting churches; he is joining them. He does more harm by sowing tares than uprooting wheat. He accomplishes more by imitation than by outright opposition. ~Vance Havner Webster says that…

What In The World

Scripture  Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ~1John 2:15, ESV Quote There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity today– a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice — which costs nothing, and is…

Calling Down The Fire

Scripture And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?” ~Luke 9:54, NKJV Quote We can love that which should not be loved and hate that which should not be hated. Both loves…

It Gets Lonely At The Top

    Scripture  They were now on the way up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were filled with awe, and the people following behind were overwhelmed with fear. ~Mark 10:32, NLT Quote Loneliness is a required course for Leadership. ~Elisebeth Elliot Jesus left Jericho and was making His final…

Psalm 38

Scripture My guilt has become too much for me. It is a load too heavy to carry. ~Psalm 38:4, NIRV Quote Grace means all your mistakes now serve a purpose {humility] instead of serving you shame. ~Source Unknown One of the great things about reading the Psalms daily is their freshness. I read Psalm 38 in…

The Good Shepherd

Scripture No one can kill Me without My consent–I lay down My life voluntarily. I have the right and the power to lay it down when I want to and I have the right and the power to take it up again. For the Father has given Me this right. ~John 10:18, LNT Quote If…

Christ Haters

Scripture “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.”  ~John 15:18, NASB Quote Some people in the world are Christ lovers and some are Christ haters but all are fixated on Christ. ~Marilyn Monroe {I kid you not} We have a lot of naive people who think that everyone in…