ArchiveJuly 2011

Proud Father

Proud Father

For to which of the angels did He ever say, “YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU”? And again, “I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME”? Hebrews 1:5 None! Because Jesus is the unique Son of God, begotten of God the Father. My...

Works Good

Works Good

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom...

Like a Fine Wine

Like a Fine Wine

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. Titus 2:2 As we men mature, there are characteristics that should mark our lives. They tend to describe characteristics of “stability”. And...

Set in Order

Set in Order

For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you. Titus 1:5 Paul wanted Titus to put people in charge of every city for the spreading, teaching and sake of the gospel...

Fulfill your Ministry

Fulfill your Ministry

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and...

Good times!

Good times!

But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self...

Golden

Golden

Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor. Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified...

No! Estoy contento.

No! Estoy contento.

For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the...

Go! Stay!

Go! Stay!

But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the...

Black-listed Widows

Black-listed Widows

A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man, having a reputation for good works; and if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the...

Routine

Routine

Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. 1 Timothy 4:7b-8 The word...

DQd?

DQd?

It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach… 1...

Make Way!

Make Way!

But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. 1 Timothy 2:13 Paul wanted men to embrace a lifestyle that included praying everywhere and lifting up holy hands. Meanwhile his instruction to women was a...

Contend for the Truth

Contend for the Truth

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service, even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in...

Work

Work

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among you, nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would...

Thank God for You

Thank God for You

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Suffering together builds...

Gentle Jesus?

Gentle Jesus?

These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed—for our testimony to...

Doctor Doug’s Prescription

Doctor Doug’s Prescription

Live in peace with one another. We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one...

Pure Life

Pure Life

For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you. 1 Thessalonians 4:7 Holiness is what God wants for us, not from us. That’s...

Pray for one another

Pray for one another

For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account, as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith? I...

Burdens

Burdens

For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:9 People are suspicious. They have been burned. Paul, Timothy and Silvanus...

Imitate and Compliment

Imitate and Compliment

You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 1 Thessalonians 6-7 Imitation is the...

A Word of Opportunity

A Word of Opportunity

Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. Colossians 4:5-6 Jesus said every...

Level with Me

Level with Me

Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him— Colossians 3:9-10 One of my high school...

C28

C28

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. Colossians 2:8 Many people are in bondage to...

Don’t make me Pull Over

Don’t make me Pull Over

I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to live in harmony in the Lord. Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose...

Beware

Beware

Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. Philippians 3:2-3 The Bible warns us...

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