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“Do not be deceived God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in »

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in »

“To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ……[I want you to know]certain men whose condemnation was written about long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license »

“They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:46-47 “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like »

“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything »

"For we are the temple of the Living God." As God has said: "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." II Corinthians 6:16 In a recent interview with Christianity Today, new Pope Francis had a lot »

"How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her »

We are too often concerned about the behavior of others and not of first priority ourselves. In this instance, Jesus rebuked Peter for the benefit of us all. We too need to be admonished by the Lord, “I have a plan for that other person or persons, however, YOU must »

This week I have been with four couples in Skopje, Macedonia, three whom I married and the other whom I pastored along with them. I asked them what they had discovered in 25-30 years plus of being married to one another about marriage that was so important to their well-being »

What do you do when you want something or someone to be, or change, or something good to happen, and you realize you do not have the power or wherewithal to bring it to pass? We have all been in situations like this throughout our lives. We have agonized when »

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. John 15:13 As I stand looking over the mournful sand beaches of Normandy, I tear up at the very thought of what transpired on these beaches 57 years ago, Not many miles even yards »