Matthew 6:10 – Your Kingdom come. Your will be done. On earth as it is in Heaven. I am not sad. Discouragement never entered my mind. Although disappointment would like to latch onto me I purposefully and forcefully push it away. In my faith I believe that God is in control. I have professed that in…
Continue ReadingJohn 1:10-13 – He was in the world, and the world came into being through Him, and yet the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own people did not accept Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will…
Continue ReadingJohn 1:9 – The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. The “True Light” is not a light by name and resemblance, but is the very nature of what light is and beyond that, is Light itself. The properties of light such as comes from the sun are not the source of…
Continue ReadingColossians 4:2 – Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Matthew 26:41 – “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” We are called to be devoted in prayer. Prayer to what, a broomstick? No, prayer to God. Like faith, the object of our prayer determines the usefulness of it.…
Continue ReadingLuke 12:49-56 – I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to undergo, and what constraint I am under until it is completed! 51 Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. 52 From now on there will be five…
Continue ReadingMatthew 24:24 “For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.” Once upon a time a man became convinced that darkness is stronger than light. He starting telling people what he believed. Almost everyone chased him away and said he was speaking insanely and should seek…
Continue ReadingProverbs 3:3-6 – Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to…
Continue ReadingJohn 1:6-8 – There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The man being spoken of is John the Baptist. John was a man whom God…
Continue ReadingJoshua 5:13-15 “13 Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” 14 “Neither,” he replied, “but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” Then Joshua…
Continue ReadingDeuteronomy 12:7 – There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice in everything you have put your hand to, because the LORD your God has blessed you. Nehemiah 8:10 – Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions…
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