Today’s Word
Ecclesiastes in John
Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled. John 6:26 Seek – Have you ever misplaced your keys? You know they’re around somewhere, so you go hunting. Pretty soon, you find them just where you left them, inside the…
Right When It Hurts
Now I Paul myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:1 Gentleness – Don’t be fooled! Epieikos (Greek for “gentleness”) is a far cry from quiet calm and tranquility. It’s not about soft tones and balmy breezes. This word is about power; the power to do what is right even…
The Antidote
Now I Paul myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ 2 Corinthians 10:1 Meekness – Sometimes the children’s songs we teach in Sunday School are nearly blasphemous. “Gentle Jesus, meek and mild,” certainly paints the wrong picture of the Man of sorrows. Just look at Mark 3:5. Jesus is angry. Does that…
Glorious Vanity
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit Philippians 2:3 Empty Conceit – What images come to mind with “empty conceit?” Did you picture an arrogant, boasting person, full of opinions without substance?” Or did you think about someone who is never wrong – and therefore, never humble?” I remember a greeting card years ago that…
For Everything Else, There’s Mastercard
that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality 2 Corinthians 8:2 Joy – Talk-show host Michael Savage once commented, “There are no rules for happiness.” He’s right, but not for the reasons he suggested. Happiness has no rules because happiness is…
The First Principle of Life
Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden to Eden to cultivate it and keep it. Genesis 2:15 Put – There are two fundamentally different views of life’s purpose, but they are hidden in the same methodology. Because the process needed to reach these goals looks identical, it is easy…
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