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Honor your father and mother, as the LORD your God commanded you. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.— Deuteronomy 5:16 Obeying our parents is our main task when we are young, but honoring them should continue even beyond their deaths. Honoring involves allContinue reading “Honor Your Father and Mother”

If you’re like me, Monday mornings can be difficult to navigate, especially if you have a lot going on. Today, I have been making flight reservations to see my sister out west. Doing that can be mind numbing trying to figure out times, seat assignments, etc. But what does all that have to do withContinue reading “I’ve Experienced The Power of Prayer And It’s Benefits And You Can Too”

Old Testament Scroll The key to understanding the relationship between the Christian and the Law is knowing that the Old Testament law was given to the nation of Israel, not to Christians. Some of the laws were to reveal to the Israelites how to obey and please God (the Ten Commandments, for example). Some ofContinue reading “Do Christians have to obey the Old Testament law?”

Today is the 3 year anniversary of my dog’s death. Jake was a red lab and the most friendly dog I’ve ever known. He loved me as only a dog can love someone. Unconditionally. Words cannot express how much I miss him. Toward the end of his life, his sicknesses became very worrisome. Ultimately, heContinue reading “R.I.P. Jake — I Will Love You Forever”

The ultimate—and severest—consequence of sin is death. The Bible says that “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This not only refers to physical death, but to eternal separation from God: “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear”Continue reading ““What Are The Consequences of Sin?””

Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. John 8:34 Instead of freedom, habitual sin brings about an enslaved consciousness, and one can gain insight into its nature by comparing it to chemical addiction. Like the chronic use of drugs, habitual sin causes a hardeningContinue reading “Are You A Slave Of Sin? Read How To Free Yourself.”

There is a very close connection between you, God and His Word. Jesus Himself is called the “Word of God.” To know God, you must know His Word; to honor God, you must honor His Word; to be in touch with God, you must be in touch with His Word. Many promises are given toContinue reading “Discover The Connection Between You, God, and His Word.”

It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved {even in his} sleep. Psalm 127:2 The psalmist mentions sleep, which symbolizes and suggests the setting aside of care and forgetting one’s need. Those who put their trust in GodContinue reading “Worrying Will Not Give You Peace. God Will.”

We can gauge how important the quality of our humility is to our relationship with God by considering the setting of this statement. It appears in the Sermon on the Mount, three whole chapters in which Jesus lays out before His followers the foundational teaching that, if followed, will work to produce a good relationship with God.Continue reading “Are You Self-Sufficient or Do You Depend On God In All Things?”

In the creation story found in Genesis, God creates the world and everything in it. On the seventh day Genesis tells us that God rested. God gave us the seventh day to rest as well. Working around the house, going into the office for a few hours or fussing about some difficulty you are facingContinue reading “Sunday—A Day of Rest and Worship”