1 Peter 2:2,“Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation - if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.”2 Peter 3:18,“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.” Peter reminds us, in a good way, that there are no perfect disciples. We are all imperf...  Read More

Philippians 4:8,“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable; if there is any excellence, if there's anything worthy of praise, think or meditate upon these things.”I think if we all did a careful check over people who were the most influential in our lives, we would find that they were Christians, and ...  Read More

Colossians 2:6, 7,“Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving."As those who have received Christ Jesus the Lord, those that have been united to Christ, those who have been saved through faith in Christ, as we walk in Christ, we should always abound in thanksgiving. Of ...  Read More

Romans 5:5-8,“And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person, though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die, but God shows His love for us in that while we were still sin...  Read More

Luke 23:46, “He breathed His last.”Breathing. It is something that everyone understands. It's something everybody realizes is a necessity. We are dependent on breathing to live. As I was thinking about breathing, some of the things we know about breathing, we know that we breathe continually, we breathe every moment of every day. It's not something that we just do occasionally. It's not something ...  Read More

2 Peter 1:3, 4,“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence, by which He has granted to us His precious and very great (some translations read exceedingly great) promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in t...  Read More