Rod Stallings 14 But as for me, I will never boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. The world has been crucified to me through the cross, and I to the world. (Galatians 6:14 CSB) There is much in this life that demands our attenion. There is much that we each may have … Read more
16 Though a righteous person falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin. (Proverbs 24:16 CSB) My dad always said, “The measure of a man is not how many times he gets knocked down, it’s how many times he gets up.” My parents were depression era and if anyone … Read more
4 Peter, along with John, looked straight at him and said, “Look at us.” 5 So he turned to them, expecting to get something from them. 6 But Peter said, “I don’t have silver or gold, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and … Read more
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us . . . (1 Thessalonians 5:9-10) Our lot in life may look very different from one another. However, no matter what our lot is, we were not appointed to wrath. God sent Jesus to … Read more
11 For consider how much diligence this very thing—*this Godly sorrow*—has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter. (1 Corinthians 7:11 CSB) Typically we do not get to experience a … Read more