No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. 2 Tim 2:4 (NKJV) Christian soldiers engaged in warfare. This phrase makes me cringe a little when you think about how we interpret warfare....
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. – Martin Luther King, Jnr. There are two kinds of hatred I believe Martin Luther King, Jnr. was addressing here. The kind that makes us...
Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Matt 6:20 (NLT) TREASURES – PART 2 Go to PART 1 >> Giving gifts is part of celebrating, it’s a way of expressing our love for others. But for my...
With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort. 1 Cor 15:58 (MSG) Ever been through certain things and thought...
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 (NIV) In John 16, Jesus is explaining to His disciples that He must leave soon, but when He does, the ‘Advocate’...
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Eph 6:12 (NIV) Flesh and Blood Part 2 Go to PART 1 >> A...
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18 (NKJV) PRACTICE LOVE – PART 2 Go to PART 1 >> Yesterday we talked about the neuroscience of practice and how repetition helps us deepen neural pathways and form...
Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. 1 John 3:18 (NLT) PRACTICE LOVE – PART 1 The Message translation of this verse ends it well. “Let’s practice real love.” Reading this, the word “practice” really...
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Cor 13:13 (KJV) THREE THINGS – PART 3 – LOVE Go to PART 1 >> “Faith” or go to PART 2 >> “Hope” This word “love”, as mentioned in Part 1, is from the...
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Cor 13:13 (NIV) Three Things – Part 2 – Hope Go to PART 1 >> “Faith” Like we spoke of faith yesterday, hope has an intrinsically eternal nature to it. Hope is the...
