His Sheep Hear His Voice

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, – 2 Timothy 3:16  Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. – James 4:8  What, then, shall we say in […]

The Good News in Two Acts

Act One “Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him…And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.” – Mark 15:19-20  “For if, while we were enemies, we were […]

You Never Left Me

Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.-John 6:68 [for] all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,-Romans 3:23  God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? […]

Who Chooses Who

For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love. Ephesians 1:4  For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, […]

Jump up and Praise God

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand-Isiah 49:10  I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have […]

Cautionary Tale

 “For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.” Hebrews 8:12. (NIV)  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.-1 Corinthians […]

Asking Why Wait?

Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.  They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies. 1 Corinthians 15:43-44   …Therefore, […]

Is Your Nature Revealing of God?

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. – Genesis 1:27  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!-2 Corinthians 5:17. [G]od who is rich in mercy, made us alive […]

If My Story is Your Story Too

The Lord is my light and my salvation-whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life-of whom shall I be afraid?–Psalm, 27:1 “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. -2 Corinthians 5:17 But God demonstrates His […]