Exhortation

Count the cost of your actions and spoken words. Is it worth it to do it or say it? The wages of sin is death. Always. That means any time we break God’s commandments and sin, spiritual death enters in and brings condemnation and separation from God’s glory. The path of a Christian is to Read more

In Mark 4:26-29 Christ speaks about the process of growth. He says in verse 28 that first comes the blade, then the head, and after that the full head of grain. God works in processes. Life is a process. Birth, maturation, finding love, finding purpose- many things involve a process. Salvation, sanctification, and growing stronger Read more

Those who are Christs crucify the flesh with its passions and desires.  Dying daily- it is something we are called to do.  We are called to take up our cross and follow Him- to deny the world.  My favorite altar song says, “though none go with me, I still will follow”, and “the world behind Read more

Do not quench the Holy Spirit. To him who knows to do good and does not do it- to him it is sin. Whatever is not from faith is sin. One of the number one quenchers of the Holy Spirit is idolatry. Idolatry is the act of devoting your life or your time to an Read more

In the gospels of Christ’s recorded works, there was a time Jesus was preaching in a house and men got up on the roof and let down a paralyzed man for God to heal. Jesus told the man, “your sins are forgiven you.” They marveled and some were even accusing Jesus of blasphemy saying, “who Read more

If you’re living in lies, you’re living in bondage- even little lies can make your life a mess. Only living in the truth can make you free. The day I decided to get lies out of my life impacted me and changed me forever. Yes, sometimes truth hurts, but it doesn’t hurt as bad as Read more

Just as there is a difference in good and evil, there is a difference between truth and a lie- the truth is right, and a lie is not. Truth backs itself up and has a firm foundation- it stands in the weather, no matter how bad it is. Don’t be deceived thinking all paths lead Read more

You can’t play games with your soul. You can’t decide one day you are all for Jesus and then relent and turn your back on Him. We all make mistakes and fall short of His glory at times, but you cannot claim a stake in His Kingdom and then go back on your word and Read more

We value appearances. We value what we like to see. We sometimes shun what we don’t want to see. We assign priority to what pleases us. We live by the standards of what we approve. Are you pleased with what God values? Are you able to bear what you don’t approve? If everything was to Read more