Month: February 2012

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts  and establish you in every good word and work. (2 Thess. 2:16-17) These is one of many benedictions in Pauls letters given to us. In this…

(Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. (1Pet.5:8-9) Why is Peter likening Satan as a roaring lion? We see in the gospel of Luke…

“Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man’s blood on us!” But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.” ‘The God of our fathers raised up Jesus…

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16) All believers have the presence of the indwelling Holy Spirit as their personal power for living to please God. The form of the Greek verb translated “walk” indicates continious action, or a habitual lifestyle. Walking also…

Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth. (John 17:17-19) The idea of sanctification is the setting apart of something for a particular use.…

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek it’s own (way), is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures…

Come to Me, all you who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light (Matt.11:28-30). Jesus spoke of this…

Thus says the Lord, “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist,” Says the Lord. “But on this one will I look: ‘On him…

But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him as with a shield (Psalm 5:11-12) David, certainly had…

Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it (Psalm 127:1). There is no one who builds any structure that does not first consider it’s foundation, first, to see whether it will stand in longivity; So it is with a Christian. To withstand the race that is marked out for us,(Hebrews…