This morning is Valentine’s Day. A day everyone talks about Love. But there is a greater Love which we share in the Fellowship of the Church. Mike Ratliff has a useful discussion about one aspect of Love that the Bible clearly presents. After thinking about what Jesus taught us in the Great Commission reflect upon… Continue reading Loving God
Category: Strength
Worshiping Other God
I spent some time understanding the scripture term I encountered in today’s M’Cheyne reading, and specifically the term Baalpeor. Deuteronomy 4:1-3 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD… Continue reading Worshiping Other God
Running the Race with Endurance
Mike packed a lot in here. In the OT, looking back to even to Cain and Abel, Aaron and the Golden calf, and the high places and groves various Kings set up, we see man’s ways of worshiping God. Exodus 32:4 And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had… Continue reading Running the Race with Endurance
Perhaps when we sense we are overwhelmed…
My wife is leading a woman's study on dealing with being overwhelmed. I thought perhaps this verse or passages points us back to the solid rock of our faith in the good news of the gospel when the world seems to overwhelm us. It seems to work for Paul, since even as a prisoner he… Continue reading Perhaps when we sense we are overwhelmed…
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