Fear of the Truth paralyzes the world’s population. How many searches for meaning in a dried-up cistern or hollow teachings, theories, and speculations and find no purpose? Scouring the earth for a reason to exist, never finding rest. This empty condition has a stranglehold on the masses. What causes this inane kind of living? Luke 24: the last part of verse 5 holds the answer. Luke 24:5 New International Version “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” …
There is a verse in Ephesians that’s only one sentence long. Eight words. Ephesians 4:27 New International Version 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. At first, I wanted to discuss with you all the ways we open the door to the devil. Then I remembered what the Canadian Mounties used to do to identify counterfeit paper bills. They didn’t study the counterfeit ones but the authentic money. In so doing, the counterfeit became readily apparent. Our concentration should…
Romans 1:20 For ever since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through His workmanship [all His creation, the wonderful things that He has made], so that they [who fail to believe and trust in Him] are without excuse and without defense. God the Father, through Jesus Christ, has made evident what blind eyes cannot see. Those who possess blind eyes are the ones who choose not…
I have chosen joy when I choose Jesus as my Lord, defender, supplier, strength, wisdom, and purpose. No longer am I lost in my decision-making because I am not the controlling factor. Jesus is. There is no freedom as sweet as knowing I don’t have to struggle to be good or to overcome my failings because Jesus takes the lead. He accepts the challenge and fights for me. My responsibility is to give Him control whenever He points out…
How conscious are we of our feelings? When we wake in the morning, what prompts our mood? Do we go by how we feel to start the day? Do we voice our negativity before the day begins, like how we hate getting up or going to work? Do we declare the day will not be a good day? You get the picture. Feelings, gone unchecked, take a taxing toll on our lives. What would happen if we decided how we…