Am I Allowed to Show my Good Works? In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16                 In Matthew 5:16, Jesus is in the middle of the passages referred to as the Sermon […]

We are Temples of the Spirit Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. I Corinthians 6:19-20 In the beginning God created man […]

He has a Plan for Me? For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfareand not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.               Jeremiah 29:11   This is one of my favorite verses in the Bible.  It is amazing that God, the creator of all […]

Not My Accomplishments, But the Spirit’s But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Have you heard this verse before?  Does it sound like a daunting task – all of these nice things like gentleness, self-control, and such?  […]

For Our Benefit And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 Really, doesn’t this seem a little narrow?  Can you tell the God-loving Christian, whose son died in a car wreck, that it will work for good?  […]

You Want Me to Do What?   Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.  In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 What does it mean to trust in the Lord and not lean on your own understanding?  More […]

I Must Die to Live? I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.    Galatians 2:20   Salvation […]

All good people go to heaven… right? Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. That’s it?  Isn’t there more?  Nothing in life is free right?  That is […]

Being Good doesn’t save… Jesus does. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.  […]

Confession comes before forgiveness   If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  – I John 1:9   God tells us to confess our sins and He will forgive them.  This is perhaps one of the most amazing promises of the […]