Micah 6: 8 He has told you, O man, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? It turns out that it really isn’t all that difficult to figure out how to be a good Christian. We have […]
2 Corinthians 10: 3 – 4 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. How easy it is to forget that, although we are in this world, we are […]
Hebrews 10: 24 Let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds. That is a new thought but worth pondering. How do we encourage others so that their lives become expressions of love and good deeds or goodness? We are meant to be inspirational. Isn’t that something? Our lives are not […]
Galatians 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. We saw yesterday from 1 John 4: 8 and 1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 8 that God’s essential nature is love. Today’s verse reveals the characteristics of God’s personality. As you look at them you can […]
1 John 4: 8 God is love. 1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 8 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice […]
Psalm 103: 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. This is a song written by David. David was (and is) a friend of God. He walked and talked with God and because of that he knew Him better than most people. David certainly put God to the test […]
1 John 4: 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. When we receive a full revelation of love we will no longer have fear. We will also find that anger, resentment and other powerful negative emotions […]
