“Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.” Titus 2:7-8 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, […]
“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain and a way for the thunderbolt, to bring rain on a land where no man is, on the desert in which there is no man, to satisfy the waste and desolate land, and to make the ground sprout with grass?” Job 38:25-27 This morning, these […]
“Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” 2 Timothy 3:12 Scripture promises persecution for all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus. Those marked by His holy name, exhibiting His character and His righteousness, will be hated. Mocked. Conspired against. Even killed. So why […]
“Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his […]
“For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.” Proverbs 26:20 “We urge you, brothers, to [love one another] more and more, and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you.” 1 Thessalonians 4:10-11 “Let […]
“And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth” 2 Timothy 2:24-25 It is a difficult path we are called to walk. God knows how our sin nature […]
“But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that Day what has been entrusted to me.” 2 Timothy 1:12 What a comforting, empowering statement to make: I know whom I have believed. In Isaiah 43:10, the prophet writes, “‘You are […]
“And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? If then you are not able to do as small a thing as that, why are you anxious about the rest?” Luke 12:25-26 Our God is so great, so all-powerful, that the thought of adding an hour to […]
“Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.” Proverbs 23:17-18 Confession: shortly before reading these verses, I was praying about some envious feelings in my heart. Difficulty grasping circumstances that I continue not […]
“O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know […]
In Pleasant Places 