Whatever is True

Purify Yourselves by Obeying the Truth

Purify Yourselves by Obeying the Truth …who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap. Malachi 3:2 NIV See, the Lord …(lays) waste the earth and devastate(s) it; he .. ruin(s) its face and scatter its inhabitants— The […]

The Gift of the Holy Spirit

The Gift of the Holy Spirit If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”  Luke 11:13 NIV Yes, “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the […]

Quest: The Way of Love

Quest: The Way of Love This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in […]

How to Live for Jesus Today

How to Live for Jesus Today The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand; Psalms 121:5 NIV Therefore, “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all […]

Sailing Memories

Sailing Memories … darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you. Isaiah 60:2 NIV Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement. So Paul warned them, “Men, […]

Sought After

Sought After What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster of grapes to eat, none of the early figs that I crave. The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed […]

Faithfulness

Faithfulness Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.  James 1:12 NIV So, This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain […]

Come All Who Thirst — A Tree of Life

Come All Who Thirst — A Tree of Life Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living. And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also […]

The Hunt of a Seductress: Be Called One Faithful

The Hunt of a Seductress: Be Called One Faithful …whoever is united with the Lord is one with him in spirit.  1 Corinthians 6:17 NIV you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.  1 Corinthians 6:20 NIV Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who […]

God of Hope

God of Hope Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood: Grace […]