Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. – James 4:7 Resist. To set oneself against, to withstand, stand against, oppose. All of the gains in your life can be found in the fertile soil of resistance. Sit ups, planks, keeping your bum in the seat to write, cooking …
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Hope fool
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. – Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the most powerful resource you possess, because it’s how you receive what God has made available to you. Faith is the substance of the things you hope for. Which means that the limiting factor of …
Just take it
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? – Joshua 18:3 Just take it. Without fanfare, debate or deliberation, just take the things that have been given to you. Those ideas and opportunities that …
Covered by insurance
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: – Colossians 1:14 Medical insurance, Life insurance, Auto insurance, Property insurance, Fire insurance, Marine insurance, Fire insurance…the blood of Jesus. Through the blood shed by Jesus in the Cross, we have the assurance (another insurance term) of redemption: liberation procured by payment …
Who is Jesus?
When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? – Matthew 16:13 Once upon a time, there was a man called Jesus. That he existed is simply a statement of historical fact, with more evidence for his existance than …
Be the real you
Rejoice evermore. – 1 Thessalonians 5:16 You are a Spirit, you have a Soul (mind+will+emotions), and you live in a Body. You can see your Body in a reflection a piece of glass. You can see your Soul through the way you express yourself and through times of quiet introspection. But the real you, the …
Look not
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. – Proverbs 23:31 Run. Jump. Duck. Dive. Sit. Stretch. Bend. Scratch. Slap. Smile. Frown. Laugh. Cry. Wink. Shout. Whisper. Nod. Kick. Look up. Look down. Look not. “Look not” is just another …
2 ways to look at a glass of wine
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. – Proverbs 23:31 There are 2 ways to look at a glass of wine. The first way, is to be taken in by the first impression: the colour, the bouquet, the sparkle, …
Stick with it
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. – Galatians 6:9 The right thing is still the right thing, regardless of whether others see it or acknowledge it. You know you’re doing the right thing. You know that time spent meditating on the …
Border Patrol
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; – 2 Corinthians 10:5 If you’re struggling with unhelpful thoughts…don’t. Instead, just kick them out using the Authority of the Word of God. They don’t have a right to …