And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. ~ John the Apostle, 1 John 4:16Now what is the deepest in God? His power? No, for power could not make him what we mean when we say God. . .[A] being whose essence was only power would be such a negation of the divine ( Read more... )

I spoke before about resolution and holiness. The challenge to perfection can be a daunting one, indeed. One would suppose that no amount of resolution could possibly be enough to carry us through to this goal. If one did so suppose, one would be correct.

The Apostle in fact warned us:Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by ( Read more... )

It kills me that people even make New Year's resolutions anymore. It is common practice to not carry through, so why even bother? I pondered this question during prayer recently ( Read more... )

The song I quoted in my last entry got me thinking...

We are oft reminded in the Word that we should not focus so intently on what can be perceived with our five senses.

• Christ warned us to fear not just for our bodies, but for our souls (obviously a part of us beyond the physical reckoning) [Matt. 10:28].
• The Apostle Paul exhorted us to ( Read more... )

You know... I find it interesting how some people treat God. It's funny how they just can't wait to blame everything that goes wrong on him. (In the same breath, many of them would probably even deny his existence.) On the other hand, the things that they should be thankful for they take for granted (and yes folks, no matter HOW bad things are, ( Read more... )