“Peace I leave with you; My [perfect] peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. [Let My perfect peace calm you in every circumstance and give you courage and strength for every challenge.]”— John 14:27 AMP Many things canContinue reading “Pursue Peaceful Living (Part 2)”
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Pursue Peaceful Living
“Peace I leave with you; My [perfect] peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid. [Let My perfect peace calm you in every circumstance and give you courage and strength for every challenge.]”— John 14:27 AMP There is aContinue reading “Pursue Peaceful Living”
Tear them Down!
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, — Hebrews 12:1 ESV In the books of Kings and Chronicles in the Old Testament of theContinue reading “Tear them Down!”
Scars and Wisdom
This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. — HebrewsContinue reading “Scars and Wisdom”
Committed Wholeheartedly
“For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.”—2 Chronicles 16:9 ESV Do you sometimes put your prayer requests into categories? Maybe big and small requests. Or think this situationContinue reading “Committed Wholeheartedly”
I’ll Never Know!
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so weContinue reading “I’ll Never Know!”
Our Advocate (Part 2)
My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous.He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sins butContinue reading “Our Advocate (Part 2)”
Our Advocate
My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins—and not only our sinsContinue reading “Our Advocate”
Reject the Accusing Voices!
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by theContinue reading “Reject the Accusing Voices!”
Merciful God
And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son’s days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”— 1 Kings 21:28 – 29 ESV King AhabContinue reading “Merciful God”
Hills and Valleys 