We spend a lot of energy trying to keep ourselves together and things under control, but in reality we are not in control at all. "And he is before all things, and by him all things consist." - Colossians 1:17  Read More

The Lord will give us many wonderful experiences in this life, and we are thankful for them all. But there is something more important than those experiences. "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." - 2 Peter 1:19  Read More

Love is certainly not merely an emotion that comes and goes. And love is not an accident. We really don’t “fall” in love. Love is a choice made possible by the grace of God working in us. "Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." - Ephesians 5:1-2  Read More

There are many dangers, toils, and snares through which we must pass in this world. And there are so many decisions to make. We cannot find our way on our own. "Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face." - Psalm 5:8  Read More

Part of the evidence of a cleansed and transformed life in a Christian is a cleansed and transformed tongue. We should no longer speak as we once did before we were saved. "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." - Ephesians 4:29  Read More

When we face defeat and failure, sometimes we are tempted to give up. But we who are saved by the grace of God can be assured that the Lord will never give up on us. "Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." - Philippians 1:6  Read More

The Scriptures use many words to describe life before salvation in Christ. One of them is being dead in sin. "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." - Ephesians 2:1-2  Read More

When we are going through difficult circumstances and it seems that nothing is going right, we can easily lose our joy if we are not careful. "Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation." -Habakkuk 3:17-18  Read More

Obedience is one of the most important aspects of our Christian lives. We can say that we believe and talk spiritual talk, but obedience is the expression and the evidence of our relationship with God. "Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered." - Hebrews 5:8  Read More

The world‘s way to become great is often to fight, stab, and claw our way into greatness at the expense of others. But in the kingdom of God, the path to greatness is just the opposite. "And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve." - Luke 22:24-26  Read More

We will never reach the point of sinless perfection in this life, and even as Christians, sometimes we will fail and fall. What we do after we fall is of utmost importance. "Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me." - Micah 7:8  Read More

Christians can be assured that we will never face the punishment for our sins because Christ bore that for us on the cross. But we will experience the chastening of God in this life. "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world." - 1 Corinthians 11:31-32  Read More