Exhausting Grace: An Eye for An Eye “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for an eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take… Continue reading Exhausting Grace: An Eye for An Eye
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God Calls Us to Find Happiness in Him – Blog – Eternal Perspective Ministries
In my novel Safely Home, I tell the story of two Harvard roommates reunited in China twenty years after graduation. One is American businessman Ben Fielding, an entrepreneur in international high-tech corporate partnerships. The other is Li Quan, a brilliant academic who, when Ben last saw him, was headed home to be a professor at a… Continue reading God Calls Us to Find Happiness in Him – Blog – Eternal Perspective Ministries
Be a faithful servant.
Be a faithful servant. By Babatope Babalobi babalobi@yahoo.com +234 80 35 897435 Save the World Christian ministry App: http://qrco.de/babalobi Join WhatsApp Prayer Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CpNBXTvL4dv7eyO3M7bHOV Luke 16 vs 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own? Join WhatsApp Prayer Group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/CpNBXTvL4dv7eyO3M7bHOV Republished with permission from Blogs.crossmap.com, featuring… Continue reading Be a faithful servant.
A pure heart
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psalm51:10 NIV) Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. (Psalm51:10 NIV) Republished with permission from Blogs.crossmap.com, featuring inspiring Bible verses about A pure heart.
3 Reasons to Love the Letters of Revelation
If you’ve ever tried to hike straight through your Bible, you know that something happens when you flip your reading plan over to the back side. If you’re using a one-year plan, you spend the first nine months or so in the sharp incline of the Old Testament and feel your spiritual muscles stretch and… Continue reading 3 Reasons to Love the Letters of Revelation
Book Drawing: “Growing a Joyful Heart” by Karen Whiting and Pam Farrel
Book Drawing: “Growing a Joyful Heart” by Karen Whiting and Pam Farrel Need more joy? Everyone can appreciate having more joy. I have great news for you. Growing a Joyful Heart shares how to cultivate joy! Joy is a gift from God, a fruit of the Holy Spirit. In a tumultuous world we can Rejoice and increase… Continue reading Book Drawing: “Growing a Joyful Heart” by Karen Whiting and Pam Farrel
Conduct Before God, Part One: Holiness
Read closely 1 Peter 1:13-16 and refresh yourself on what we learned before in 1st Peter 1:1-12. Believe it or not, the Lord cares about what we do—our conduct before Him, others, and in the church. As we continue in 1st Peter, we will learn just how much He cares. We are not constrained, but liberated, to conduct… Continue reading Conduct Before God, Part One: Holiness
The Flow of Life is Today and in New Jerusalem 42-1-1
John wrote in Revelation 22:1 that an angel showed him “a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its [New Jerusalem’s] street.” In the New Jerusalem we see that the One sitting on the throne is the source of life. This… Continue reading The Flow of Life is Today and in New Jerusalem 42-1-1
The Sheer Joy of Holiness
Being holy doesn’t sound like much fun, does it? (It’s OK to nod your head; no one’s looking.) We know holiness is supposed to be good for us because it’s what God wants for us, but fun? I occasionally drink apple cider vinegar. It’s supposed to be good for me, but I do not enjoy it. A… Continue reading The Sheer Joy of Holiness
The Privileged Life: Of Angels and Saints—Living Among the Unseen
“And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, ‘It is a ghost!’ And they cried out for fear.” (Matthew 14:26) I just spent four nights sleeping in a supposedly-haunted room. Last week, my beloved husband and I enjoyed a short trip to Charleston, S.C., having booked a room in a… Continue reading The Privileged Life: Of Angels and Saints—Living Among the Unseen