“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.” (Matthew 6:34 ESV)
Monthly Archives: July 2019
tl;dr
Now, I admit that many of my devotionals would be lengthy, with just half of the word. But, there’s a big difference between what I write and what Charles Finney or Charles Spurgeon wrote.
Sounds like a fish story to me!
The facts are never enough to know the truth. You must have the context along with the facts before you can discern the truth.
On The Road
The Lord has reminded me again of Isaiah 1:17 (ESB), “learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.
Angry People
Jesus didn’t call us to be peacekeepers; instead, we are to be peacemakers. The peacemaker’s role is difficult, but a part each Christian is called to do.
First Person
This desire for first-person communication is what people want when we or they bring up Jesus/God in our conversations.
Spain or bust!
The pagan Roman empire became the Holy Roman empire because Christians shared their good news with pagans. This shows that God does change the hearts of whole nations and even empires.
It will be okay
A Biblical mechanism is at work in Acts 20:32. Depositum fidei is the Latin term for this mechanism. Our Christian translation for depositum fidei is “substance of faith” or “treasury of revelation.”
New Every Morning
“It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.”
I love words.
If we fill our thoughts and speech with contradictions and foolish words, then why would we expect God to believe what we say to Him? If we want our prayers to be acceptable to God, we need to obey what Jesus said, and we always should say what we mean and mean what we say.