God’s Voice, Truth Lies Stills you Rush you Leads you Push you Reassures, comforts & calms you Frighten, obsess & worry you Enlightens you Confuse you is Clear can be Obscure & Contradictory Encourages you Discourage you Convicts you Condemn you Frees you Hurt you Focus on God’s strength Focus on your weakness Loves you Hate table above adapted from online sources (just google God’s … Continue reading Discerning God’s Voice #1
God’s majestic creation shows His eternal glory, demonstrates His love and helps us put our questions into perspective Picture from ESA/Hubble, shareable through creative commons license: CC BY 4.0 Today I was googling about space for a story I’m writing (and hopefully will finish). Wow, I came across some amazing pictures! I was a bit awe-struck, joyfully thinking of the awesome universe, and the even … Continue reading The universe and God’s majestic, overpowering greatness
Saved by Grace Do you think you are saved by what you do? That you are right with God based on whether you keep His requirements or not? Then read the following passage: Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no … Continue reading Saved by Grace: Watch out for any other message!
We need to continually meditate on Jesus’ death and resurrection for us: His body feeding and nourishing us. When Jesus said “It is finished”, it was, and no human work can add to what He gave. He completes us. From this basis of being complete in Him, all else flows. Continue reading Communion: Fed by Jesus
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen 1:1 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.[a] Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. Psalm 139:13-14 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Psalm 19:1 … Continue reading The LORD is our creator
Passages for today: Genesis 29:1-30:43, Matthew 11:16-30, Psalm 9:7-2 In this blog, I will look at Genesis 27 to 30. Are there things in your family that are completely amuck? Or were so? We live in a fallen world, and relationships, especially family relationships can suffer. As we know we are ‘stuck’ with our family, and they will not leave us, even if we mess … Continue reading Destructive family patterns #BibleInAYear #Day15
On this seventh day of bible of a year the following passages were on the schedule: Genesis 17:1-18:33, Matthew 6:25-7:23, Psalm 6:1-10. I’d like to share what stood out to me in Genesis 17. Here, the LORD establishes His eternal covenant with Abraham. He’s done so before; apparently Abraham needs some reassuring. Don’t we all? Then we have to keep reminding ourselves of God’s promises, … Continue reading We serve a generous God #BibleInAYear #Day8
The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. – Matthew 13:22 We are often, I am often, so worried about things. One of the things I would like in life is a boyfriend. Today I was also talking to another friend about this, … Continue reading what weeds are choking your fruit?
Bible verses: “If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and … Continue reading lies #2: legalism, the enemy of love
We live in a society that places way too much pressure on the individual to achieve things and prove their uniqueness when all the greatest projects are group efforts. Continue reading individual or collective?
