“Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved." Acts 27:31 Paul's last voyage was not a pleasant one. From Caesarea he was being sent to Rome as a prisoner to be tried before Caesar. The storm encountered was causing the ship to break apart as it ran upon...
A few days ago, a friend made reference to her daughter’s piano teacher who is taking her daughter "to a new level.” Music students rate themselves as beginner, intermediate, or advanced. Not many go from beginner to advanced, but from one level to another, as they...
After our pastor’s recent sermon from Luke 7:38, my heart was led to think of what it means to be “at Jesus’ feet.” “Behold, a woman in the city, who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat dining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and...
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:” Ephesians 1:3 If our main purpose in seeking God is to receive a blessing, then our blessing will most likely be in vain. The...
Words and names have always fascinated me. They make a sound, ring a bell, and become a current that carries me wherever they want me to go. Names are words that indicate relationship ~ whether personal or just in passing ~ both are functional as to their influence to...
“Put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering, forebearing one another, and forgiving one another, even as Christ forgave you.” Colossians 3:12-13 "Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God...
"And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all." Mark 10:44 “When we see that humility is something infinitely deeper than contrition, and accept it as our participation in the life of Jesus, we will begin to learn that it is our true nobility. We...
"When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom." Proverbs 11:2 “Pride is ours, from Adam, and rules in us with such terrible power, because it is ourself -- our very nature. Humility (from Christ) must be ours in the same way; it must be our very...
"And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross." Philippians 2:8 “It is the sinner dwelling in the full light of God’s holy, redeeming love ~ in the experience of that full indwelling of divine...