Cured by the Grace of God

Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

Matthew 4:23

Taking Heed to the Word

How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

Fullness in Christ

So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy…

The Wisdom of God

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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 1:7

Rich and Poor

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

2 Corinthians 9:8

December 15, 2009

Everybody Is Important to God

Surrender and Faith

For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus‘ sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.

2 Corinthians 4:11

Do all the spiritual principles of the New Testament apply in every life?

First Blog

To blog or not to blog…

Before now I have not blogged, at least not regularly. I have instead posted devotionals, and only a few of those could be considered worthy for their “blog-nessity.” I assumed people needed the word of God more than my own thoughts about my own journey of…

Wrestling with God

Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome.”

Genesis 32:28

This mysterious event of Jacob struggling at night with an angel is intriguing for those on…

Love and Glory

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to…

Mastered by Christ

“Everything is permissible for me” — but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me” — but I will not be mastered by anything. “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food” — but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord…

Hungering After God

if you call out for insight
 and cry aloud for understanding,

and if you look for it as for silver
 and search for it as for hidden treasure,

The Hard Doctrines: Our Just Condemnation

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.

John 3:36

Near to the Brokenhearted

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:18

There is not one of us who does not know what it is like to be brokenhearted, yet the experience comes in varying degrees. The words in…

The Present Time

And do this, understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

The Best Christmas Gift I Ever Received

Getting ready for Christmas is hard work on everyone. Buying presents for family and friends, getting that “just right” thank you gift for a neighbor or colleague, decorating, traveling, cooking — not to mention the eating and partying — all of this can be…

Clearing the Path for the Future

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.

Isaiah 44:22

God does not deal with our sins in half-measure, rather the death of Christ paid fully for…

The Hard Doctrines: Being Sent Out Like Christ

Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

John 20:21

Twice these words are recorded in John’s gospel. In John 17:18 the Son prays them to the Father, and…

God Is Developing Us

Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,

Before you were born I set you apart;

I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

Jeremiah 1:5

Reaping the Results

…holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith. Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.

The Hard Doctrines: Coming to the End of Ourselves

I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I but Christ lives in me…

Galatians 2:20

A prerequisite for receiving the fullness of life that God desires to give us is to accept…

Sustaining the Humble

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. The LORD sustains the humble…the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his…