Your new faith did not erase your old nature. “Given to us are exceedingly great and precious promises, that you may be partakers of the divine nature.” 2 Peter 1:4 NIV. My thoughts and comments today are about, “new faith and a new nature.” Salvation resolves the problem of your […]
“That you may be filled with all of the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:19 NKJV A life void of internal strength succumbs to surrounding pressures. My thoughts and comments today are about “empty lives.” In High School, I learned a simple principle of physics; “Nature abhors a vacuum.” To demonstrate, […]
Govern your desires and you will rightly direct your life. “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness.” Matthew 5:6 NKJV. Life is driven by desires and appetites, not casual whims. Those desires can be oriented spiritually or will originate carnally. As early as the Garden of Eden, human […]
“He prayed that he might die.” 1 Kings 19:4 NKJV When you are through with your options, you are ready for real solutions. My thoughts and comments today ask “out of options?” Vince Lombardi, the legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers said, “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” The […]
“Do not . . give place to the devil.” Ephesians 4:27 NKJV Wherever God and good do not fill, lesser things will. My thoughts and comments today are about “spiritual vacuum.” I learned from my high school physics teacher the principle that “nature abhors a vacuum.” When the normal atmospheric […]