As I taught my grandchildren, we would all do well to HEAR, HIDE, and HEED the words of Christ. He came to declare the kingdom of God through His life and His words. He set the record straight for truth and life for humanity. Only a few people of Jesus’ day could...
Ten years ago I learned how to dress a horrible wound that was a result of Jerry’s left leg amputation. The wound left from Jerry’s surgery three weeks ago is somewhat different, but both would be described as an open hole. These kinds of wounds have to be treated and...
Continuing from our last post The Spirit of Contentment, and using the following diagram, we will explain how the Holy Spirit works in man to produce the fruit of the Spirit. Scripture explains all the Holy Spirit does, so to fully understand how our contentment...
As we begin this chapter we want to remember the three main things that pertain to contentment. 1. Divine Contentment is supernatural, possible only for God’s people. 2. It is the result of a relationship between God and His children. 3. He teaches us how He works...
Posting at 6:24; awake since 3:34 with thoughts of all the things that are on my two plates for the week, in addition to the ordinary work that we have to do: *doctors’ appointments, *last minute details for publishing our next book, GOD Is Our Goal ~ GOD'S Plan for...
What a blessing to start new and fresh on The Lord's Day! The first day of the week The first day of the month The first day of the year Remembering His birth, His Life, His death, His resurrection, His ascension and His position as our High Priest, at the right of...
Knowing my own need, the Lord is leading me in the year of 2017 to continue in my desire and search for the contentment that is found in Him alone. It is easy to read about, to talk about, to search for its meaning and to hope and pray for it. Like “humility” which...
In our last post An Incarnation for a New Creation we saw the means of God’s plan to reconcile His people to Himself. (2 Corinthians 5) In Christ we are a new creation, but this is just a means to an end. “I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the...
“In the fifth petition we pray that God, for Christ’s sake, would freely pardon all our sins, which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by His grace we are enabled from the heart to forgive others.” Shorter Catechism Forgiveness is a revolving grace that...