2 Corinthians 3: 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. I was thinking about this verse last week, so I looked it up. You know, it is […]
Psalm 39: 1 – 2 NIV I said, “I will watch my ways and keep my tongue from sin; I will put a muzzle on my mouth while in the presence of the wicked.” So I remained utterly silent, not even saying anything good. If you want to keep yourself […]
Psalm 1: 1 How blessed is the . . .. Psalm 1, a very good place to start. Most of you realize the psalms are songs. As such they have a different tone and complexion from the rest of scripture. The psalms contain many special messages and they often minister straight to the heart, completely […]
Philippians 2: 12 Work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Do you remember the Disney movie Pinocchio? I had it on last week and was struck, as never before, with the commonality between that little wooden headed boy and Christians. The story goes that Geppetto, a wood carver by trade, made the little wooden […]
Luke 15: 25 He was lost and has been found. At spin class today our instructor played a song in which the lyric said, “I didn’t know I was lost.” I wondered how much that describes our Christian salvation. Did we realize how lost we were before Jesus found us? I think that even as […]
2 Corinthians 10: 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. Why is Paul talking to us about weapons of warfare after the death and resurrection of Jesus? Jesus has already won, hasn’t he? He marched in to Hades and took the keys […]
