Temptation

Scripture We have a high priest who can feel it when we are weak and hurting. We have a high priest who has been tempted in every way, just as we are. But He did not sin. ~Hebrews 4:15, NIrV Quote “No man knows how bad he is until he has tried very hard to…

Transformation

Scripture Don’t live any longer the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. And you will agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect. ~Romans 12:2, NIrV Quote Education informs, prisons…

Time To Wake Up

Scripture This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ~Romans 13:11, NLT Quote The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up, get up and get started. ~Paul Valery…

God Is Good

Scripture “Has anyone ever given anything to God, so that God has to pay him back?” ~Romans 11:35 (Job 41:11) Quote No one ever received anything from God on the grounds of merit. God gives because God is good. He is the source of everything. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer Every thing is grace. There is universal grace, God makes…

The Plain Truth

Scripture The truth about God is plain to them. God has made it plain. ~Romans 1:19, NIrV Quote There is within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of God. ~John Calvin You know there is a God, you have always known and no matter how much pressure our secular culture puts on…

More Grace!

Scripture May more and more grace and peace be given to you. ~I Peter 1:2, NIRV Quote God’s mercy and grace give me hope for myself and for our world. ~William Franklin Graham Can you think of anything you need more than grace and peace. I certainly need more and I want more. Due to God…

Persistence

Scripture I will continue doing what I have always done. ~2 Corinthians 11:12, NLT Quote Failure has been identified as the path of least persistence. ~Zig Ziggler We use to sing a song when I was a tot, “So, let the sun shine in, face it with a grin Smilers never lose and frowners never win.” Change…

Root-in, Root-out

Scripture For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. ~Romans 7:18, NASB Quote No one can really appreciate God’s grace until they see the depth and darkness of their depravity. ~Ya’akov The NASB translates the…

The Women Of Jerusalem

Scripture The Lord says: The women of Jerusalem are proud and strut around, winking shamelessly. They wear anklets that jingle and call attention to the way they walk. ~Isaiah 3:16, CEV Quote Pride is a spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, contentment or even common sense. ~C.S. Lewis The LORD said, “There is a day coming when I…

Sanctification

Scripture Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear. For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him. ~Philippians 2:12-13, NLT Quote Sin is a parasite. ~F.B. Meyer There is a sense in which salvation is finished, another sense…