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If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? ~James 2:3-4 NIV~ So, is it right to beat…
It’s almost impossible to have an intelligent discourse with someone these days when it comes to politics, religion, or any other matter of substance. It’s really not even a simple thing to debate mundane matters if you think about it. But, lately I’ve been compelled to weigh in on some things which have made me…
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Romans 8:35 New International Version (NIV) From some of the posts I see on social media, it looks like this quarantine is already starting to take its toll on some of the more avid…
Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish thing.” ~1 Chronicles 21:8 NIV~ Have you ever done something you knew you should not have done? Of course we all have at one point in…
On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. ~Acts 16:13 (NIV)~ This is my first major post of the new year for this blog and I have prayed…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Break my heart for what breaks Yours…
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. ~Deuteronomy 6:5~ I don’t know about you, but my Christmas just didn’t last long enough. It’s my absolute favorite time of the year and I can understand why we would want to rush into it, but it makes…
Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of these people, “They offer human sacrifices! They kiss calf-idols!” ~Hosea 13:2 NIV~ We can always find justification to sin if we base our satisfaction on the things…
Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. ~ James 4:11 NKJV~ The word of the day seems…
I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. ~Romans 6:19 NIV~ One of the hardest things I’ve dealt with since I’ve been trying to…
In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life. ~1 Timothy 6:19 NIV~ My Easter weekend was strangely exhausting and tinged with sadness and anxiety. One would think that after spending time…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Don’t Stop Believin’…or something like that…
Leading the Follower 