Romans 14:22-23 “The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is the one who does not condemn himself in what he approves. 23 But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin.” Many moons ago I was standing in a circle with…
Continue ReadingProverbs 27:17 “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” Scripture tells us to seek wise counsel. Proverbs 13:20 “Whoever walk with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.” But not all counsel is wise to receive. The wisdom of the world concerning spiritual things is like a poison that tastes sweet…
Continue ReadingLuke 13:6-9 – Then He told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any. 7 So He said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree…
Continue ReadingJohn 3:35 – John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. Jesus noted John as a God given blessing whose ministry had a purpose and also had a time. During the prescribed time of His ministry he was a blessing to be enjoyed and learned from. His…
Continue ReadingJude 17-23 – But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 18 They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.” 19 These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most…
Continue ReadingJude 14-16 – Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” 16 These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they…
Continue ReadingGalatians 1:1 – “Paul, an apostle – sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead.” John 3:18 – “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Romans 8:28-30 – “And we know that in all…
Continue ReadingJude 11 – Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion. “The way of Cain.” 1 John 3:12 “Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and…
Continue ReadingPsalm 85-4-13 – Restore us again, God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us. 5 Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger through all generations? 6 Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? 7 Show us Your unfailing love, Lord, and grant us Your salvation. 8 I will listen to what God the Lord says; He…
Continue ReadingEzekiel 3:18 “When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.” James 1:14-15 “but each person…
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