I'll Be Honest

The Christian’s life is one marked by eternity; they are a person who lives loosely connected to their earthly existence. The believer deals with this present world as though they had no dealings with it because the present form of this world is passing away (1 Corinthians 7:31).

In spiritual terms, Christ has made us a beautiful garden to bear all sorts of pleasant fruit for Him. He’s making us a garden that He delights to walk in. Do you look at yourself like that, believer?

Our love for Christ often weakens and distance comes between us and Christ. There are times we become sluggish in our walk with Him and our ability to hear His voice. But Christ is always calling us to Himself no matter how cold our love towards Him has become. If we’ve become lackadaisical in our relationship with Christ, let us wake up and open up when He knocks.

God has great concern for His Name and what this world says about Him. We should appeal to God's Name for the sake of answering our prayers. Are your prayers related to God's Name and reputation?

What does it mean to be filled with all the fullness of God? This isn’t a made up phrase by religious mystics who don’t know the Bible. This is a God-breathed prayer recorded for us in Scripture. Is this something that we would pray? Is this something that we know experientially? What does this mean?

It's a very unpopular thought to consider that God hates sinners. But this is how a holy God feels about those who live in rebellion against Him. And we must remember this: if God hates a person, it's precisely because that person is hate-worthy.

Our lives can't be marked by our sorrows or our joys. They have to be marked by living for eternity despite our sorrows and our joys.

Sadly, one of the vices that plagues young people is pride. It’s often overlooked if a young person has a quiet and humble disposition. But this is an exemplary characteristic that all young people should cultivate in their lives.

Someone asked, “Instead of the Cross, should our focus rather be on the resurrection of Christ?”

Original question: My pastor in my local church taught us in one of our bible studies to focus not on the cross but on the resurrection of Christ. The reason he gave is that the cross is a picture of suffering and punishment while resurrection is the victory of Jesus over death… I somehow feel wrong about that because I know that when I look to the cross I see the love of God for me, humility of Jesus, and the forgiveness of my sins… I know that looking to the cross and seeing what God did for me is what saved me and made me born again… please can you give your insight over this…

Single Christians who want to be married should not be expecting perfection in a potential spouse and setting unreasonable standards. The best Christian couples will acknowledge that they and their spouses are not perfect and need grace. If you are looking for perfection, you'll be sadly disappointed.