Posts Tagged ‘Christian Walk’
Bearing Spiritual Fruit
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 We know that the Spirit of God dwells within the believer. We also know that He gives us spiritual gifts for enablement to serve Christ sand produces within the believer spiritual…
Read MoreHow to Handle Hurricanes, Internal and External
Hugo, Fran, Floyd, Andrew, Katrina (to name just a few) and now Florence. But how about Charley? It was exactly fourteen years, one month, and a day ago, that Hurricane Charley steamrolled its way across the midsection of Florida. The Tampa Bay times captured an evocative photo in the aftermath of the storm. Debris and…
Read MorePrayer and the Glory — The Glory! — of God
John 17 might be the least explored peak of all the Bible’s grand vistas. And for good reason: the high priestly prayer is marvelously interwoven. Using only elementary vocabulary, Jesus staggers human capacity to articulate theology with phrases like, “that they may all be one, just as you, Father are in me, and I in…
Read MoreGluttony: A Matter for the Waistline or a Matter of the Heart?
Perhaps you come to this article with a little reticence. If weight and health are issues for you personally, you may fear that this article was written by some kind of health nut with a supercharged metabolism who is eager to heap shame on top of your lifelong struggle. If weight is a problem for…
Read MoreI’ll Do It My Way
Proverbs 18:1-2 (NKJV), A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgment. A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. Isolationism is what is spoken of here in these verses, a sense of doing something “my way” even when it goes against godly wisdom.…
Read MoreHills and Valleys
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain (Isaiah 40:4). When you drive through Colorado, you cannot help but be impressed as you approach a mountain 12,000 feet high. But as you get closer, you are suddenly…
Read MoreChapter 4 – Trusting in the Silence
“All their life in this world and all their adventures had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on for ever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.” ― C.S.…
Read MoreIt’s Summertime, Take a Break!
“Have you ever felt like a goldfish swimming around in a blender full of water – with someone’s finger on the ‘high’ switch? Many of us are altogether too busy, running on overdrive, overextended in our schedules and underdeveloped in our souls. Instead of green pastures and still waters, we’re accustomed to clogged freeways and…
Read MoreA Life Worth Living
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption…
Read MoreWhy Are Christians Warned from Idols?
“Why did he do that?” “I can’t believe he acted like that, it seems so out of character!” If you have been observing other Christians for any length of time, you have no doubt said something similar because of bizarre behaviour from someone whom you thought knew better. Regularly it seems we hear about professing…
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