For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession (emphasis mine). Deuteronomy 7:6 (He)…
You have to do a little work to figure out what identity statement is yours to reflect on today. So, get your fingers ready to do the walking, ‘cause you’ll be turning some pages of Scripture (honestly, there’s no…
For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. I…
Ephesians 1:3. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:4. For He chose us in him… Ephesians 1:11. In…
In love, He predestined us to be adopted as His children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will… (Ephesians 1:5) To those who have received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the…
For He (God) chose us to be in Him (Jesus) before the creation of the world to be Holy and Blameless in His sight. (Ephesians 1:4) That word “chosen” absolutely amazes me. Growing up, I was rarely chosen for anything. …
Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the…
Three weeks ago, I began a series I was titling “The Other Side.” My thinking was to reflect on what it is like to be on the other side of things we hear talked about as Christians. For example,…
Last week we started to look at Proverbs 26:2 and the relationship between this passage and hurtful words without cause: Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow to its flying, so a curse without cause does not…
Gossip. Criticism. Slander. Cursing. Taking God’s name in vain. Scripture is filled with verses reminding us of the woes we’ll experience when our mouths are unguarded. These, we’re informed, should all be matters of the conscience. These are “ought-nots”…