Posts from 2019

Mark 9:23-24 – 23 And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” I believe; help my unbelief! This applies for all believers in Christ. Central to sin is our rejection of the truth of what God says—and acceptance or…

John 15:12-13 – 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  In the ultimate display and act of love, Jesus gave up His life for His friends. He has called His followers to follow His example and give up their lives, in love, for their…

1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 – 31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved. 1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. …

John 1:4-5 – 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.   The contrast between darkness and light is clear from the beginning of the Bible when God declares “Let there be light” in the midst of the darkness.  And there was light, and the light was good. …

1 Corinthians 4:7 – 7For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?  The Bible teaches us that everything we receive is from God.  We cannot and should not boast in something we received as if it is something we earned or achieved.  This is…

1 Corinthians 11:27-29 – 27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. 28 Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on…

1 John 3:2-3 – 2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. 3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.  The Bible makes it clear that for those who God begins the good work, God completes it.  The passage above…

1 Timothy 1:5 – 5 The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.  What are my motivations behind my actions?  Maybe a more pressing question is “Do I even consider my motivations or do I only focus on the results?”  Sometimes we focus so much on the results of our actions that we don’t stop…

Habakkuk 3:1718 – 17 Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.   I desire to live by God’s grace each and every…

John 15:8 – 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.  Should we do good works throughout our lives to prove to ourselves and others (and perhaps even to God) that we belong to Jesus Christ? Wrongly understood, this verse can drive us to legalism.  The Bible teaches us that God saves us by grace…