Ephesians 4:15. But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Growth As a Christian is Your Main Job As Christians, one of our main jobs is to grow up into Christ in all that we do. That requires change. We cannot just stagnate…
Proverbs 28:2. For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. A Man of Understanding to Preserve a Nation America got in the shape she is in by a lot of wicked leaders slowly making bad choices. The communist takeover…
1 Timothy 1:5. Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: Obedience from the Heart – It is Not Just Obeying Rules The end of the story for the Christian should not be just living a life that followed the letter…
Daniel 1:13. Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. Your countenance or face tells a lot about you. Many can be read like a book by what is revealed on…
Jeremiah 17:9. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Heart-evils are very provoking evils to the Lord. The Schools correctly observe, that outward sins are “sins of great infamy;” but that the heart sins are “sins of deeper guilt.” How severely has the great God declared wrath from…
Job 3:20. Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; Job 3:26. I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. Depression in Job’s Life At this point in Job’s life he was severely depressed. Depression of the spirit…
Job 2:10. But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Job had been through a lot, up to this point, in a relatively…
Psalms 16:7. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. The Lord has given counsel or instruction to those who want it. Those who do not want counsel will continue in their ways and pay for it. Refusing good counsel is dangerous. It talks…
John 1:9. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Jesus Christ is the true Light that came into the world. He can light every single man, woman, boy, and girl. He provides that light through the word of God, and when he comes into the heart, by faith.…
Esther 3:8. And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them. Christians should stick…
2 Timothy 3:14. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; What some call providential openings, are often powerful temptations. The heart, in wandering, cries, ‘Here is a way opened before me!’ but, perhaps, not to be trodden, but rejected. –…
Ruth 1:1. Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. Elimelech decided to take a short trip to the far country…
Colossians 1:9. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; Knowing the will of God for your life is important. We get the knowledge, wisdom…
Colossians 1:15. Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: Jesus Christ is the image or face of God. Without God, taking on the form of human flesh, we should not be able to know the Son of God. He is the firstborn of not just man, but of every…