What a beautiful morning. The sun is yet to pierce the darkness here on the earth, but it has cracked the darkness of my heart. This morning we read about love. God is love. God is truth and light. And in light there is no darkness. Light always overcomes darkness. So if we have anything
First Corinthians chapter 12 is one of my favorites as it relates to human conflict. Whenever there is conflict, if we can find the things that unite us, we usually can work through any disputes or challenges. There is power in unity. The more people that you can get rallied to a cause, the stronger
Joshua is getting ready to leave the earth, and is passing on his wisdom to the next generation. He reminds them what God did for them, by getting them out of Egypt under Pharaoh’s rule, by parting the red sea and covering their enemies by the waters, and by driving out all of their enemies
In Christ we are free. And while we may be temporarily subject to the authority of man on earth, we are ultimately under the commands of God. According to God’s Word, we are free to participate in things such as drinking wine, eating meat, even smoking weed although we must do it in a country
Paul emphasizes that we should live our lives with excellence. To do this, we need self-discipline. It’s not easy, and it’s not always fun. But the reward comes to those who put forth the greatest effort and obtain the highest performance. Did God give us our time and our talents? Absolutely! He created us and
In Christ we have the ultimate freedom. We are not bound by sin, legalism, and the old law. Paul says in his first letter to the Corinthians, all things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. (1 Cor 10:23). But that doesn’t mean we are free to do whatever we want, but that we
In today’s scripture, Paul is talking to the church in Corinth about being sexual relations, and relationships between husbands and wives. He explains that aside from the direction of the Holy Spirit, our urges are of the flesh and of this world. And since things of the flesh including our bodies are not eternal, they
The Bible tells us to honor God with our bodies. That means we are to take care of ourselves. If we are going to lead others to Christ, the first person we need to lead is our self. This means honoring the Word of God even when it is difficult, or something that we don’t
We all face conflict in our lives from time to time. No matter how much we try to avoid it, the enemy finds us. When conflict comes into our lives, we have to deal with it. When we don’t address a problem that is obvious to those around us, it only makes matters worse for
God knows the heart. He knows everything about it. What is inside. The things that we think of that we think no one else knows. Here’s a newsflash – you can’t fool God. He knows. Those deep hidden thoughts – he knows. Even when you have fooled yourself – God knows. He is the ultimate
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