John 14: 26 But the helper, the Holy Spirit …, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.Throughout history God has been with humanity in one form or another. During Old Testament times God’s presence was with the people but there was little known about the […]
Proverb 13: 18 Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline but he who regards reproof will be honored. This is a difficult verse and certainly for the maturing Christian rather than cultural Christians. Cultural Christian is my term for people who are Christians but who are not pursuing spiritual growth. We might […]
Romans 8: 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. This scripture raises an interesting question for us all. Where, really, is our mind? I know for myself that I awaken in […]
Ephesians 5: 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit. Does this verse mean that we can get drunk on vodka or gin; anything but wine? I think we all know that drunkenness is not in the will of God for his kids. Synonyms for […]
Ephesians 4: 30 – 31 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.31 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice.One thing I would never want to do is to grieve […]
Zechariah 12: 10 And I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of Grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly […]
Daniel 6: 1 – 3 It seemed good to Darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, that they should be in charge of the whole kingdom and over them three commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer loss. Then this […]
