* As long as love resides in your heart, as long as goodness resides in your soul, life will always be beautiful. Every day is a miracle; Every … New Week Inspiration 💕🌞 . . . Every day is a miracle Every day is a God given gift. Our life always hangs on a very… Read More New Week Inspiration 💕🌞 . . . Every day is a miracle
As members of a household we need to remember that there are Father based standards of thinking and behaviour to work towards as we grow towards adulthood.
The Lord God has given His son the tongue of the learned that he might speak a word in season to him that is weary. Sometimes our ears are dull of hearing, and when they are we usually find that we have also an impediment in our speech. To take us away from the multitude… Read More Today’s Thought (August 11): Dull of hearing
We all want to do the will of God, don’t we? The Bible is full of examples of those who claim to do God’s will, but fail to grasp what it is! Some deceive themselves into thinking that what they say and do is in harmony with the ways of God – and are therefore… Read More Today’s thought “Whoever does the will of God, he (or she) is …” (August 08)
Service of August 6, 2023 Before the service, we speak to God. In the service, God speaks to us. After the service, we speak to eachother. Chris Edwards talked about how people speak different languages and have to find a way to communicate with each other and have to understand what the other says or… Read More Languages spoken – people understanding and God listening and answering
The rules for Christ’s followers embrace all aspects of life: the mutual relationships of husband and wife; of master and servant of fathers and children (Ephesians 5:24–6:9). The duty of love to fellow man is the one unsettled debt: but the love of neighbour springs out of the love of God which is begotten in… Read More Today’s Thought (August 04): Rules for Christ’s followers
The brotherhood today is faithful to the New Testament injunction to exercise hospitality without grudging. Visiting speaking brethren are entertained in a generous and thoughtful manner, frequently from Saturday evening until Monday morning when coming a long distance. There are still a few ecclesias where hospitality is little practised, and households where either husband or… Read More Today’s Thought (August 03): Hospitality without grudging
There is a change of theme today in Paul’s letter to the Romans. In chapters 9 to 11 his thoughts are on Israel: once he was proud of being an Israelite, the chosen nation, but as he shows in these chapters he now sees that everything depends on God’s mercy. Israel, although the chosen nation,… Read More Today’s thought “God … endured with much patience” (August 01)
“ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?” (Ro 8:31 ASV) Ever feel that everything is against you? Perhaps Paul felt that way sometimes. Remember how he writes of his “countless beatings … many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food …”… Read More Today’s thought “… who can be against us?” (July 31)
Humanity has a wonderful prospect of the possibility of being saved, but for this he must believe in the sent son of God and his atoning sacrifice, and conform to the will of God.
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For sure we do know that there shall be coming more troubles all over the world and the wars be fought shall be worse than the previous world wars. Those of us who are teaching the true character of Jesus Christ and of his gospel message are those who are being hated and put to death (literally or not).… Read More We must not give way to the enemy of lovers of God
TheE profession of apostolic Christianity has made many a rich man poor; but we have never heard, or read, of the poor man who has been enriched by it as pertaining to the good things of this present life. We are not placed here to accumulate riches for those who may come after us; but… Read More Today’s Thought: Rich men and the kingdom
Today’s thought “This defiles a person” (July 14) Most people are never conscious of the need for spiritual cleanliness; the Jewish religious leaders had made quite a ritual out of material and physical cleanliness, hands in particularly had to be constantly cleansed. In today’s chapter in Matthew we read a lesson of Jesus about this… Read More Today’s thought “This defiles a person” (July 14)
The Pharisees evaded duties to their parents and so made void one of the Ten Commandments. Jesus very severely condemns their casuistry, by which they put the doctrines of men in the place of God’s law. The same saying (Matthew 15:14) occurs in another context in Luke 6:39, as part of the discourse which closely… Read More Today’s Thought: Blind leaders of the blind
Life can present a picture of a dark and turbulent sea with Jesus afar off. It is the slow triumph of faith to see him on the heights above in communion and intercession with his Father. Sometimes he comes to us in the midst of the storms and darkness, in unfamiliar form which we must… Read More Today’s Thought: When we walk over the waters to meet Jesus
Today’s thought “The gate is narrow” (July 6) Today we completed reading the three chapters in Matthew (5-7) which comprise what we call ‘The Sermon on the Mount’. Today’s chapter is full of challenging precepts as to the way we should live our lives. Verses 1-5 are a warning about being hypocritical; how readily we… Read More Today’s thought “The gate is narrow” (July 6)
Jesus isn’t talking about the state of the eye when he talks about the evil eye.… Read More Evil Eye
“1 If then ye were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are upon the earth. 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ… Read More Today’s Thought: “Your life is hidden” (May 16)
Greatest commandment Written By Paul Zilmer What’s the greatest commandment? Anyone who has been around the teaching of Jesus, for any time at all, knows the answer. Jesus answers the question with a quote from the Law, from Deuteronomy 6:4-5: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the… Read More Today’s thought ‘the Greatest commandment” (April 23)
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