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“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on...
This is an interview that Sandy and I were part of a few years ago. She had a powerful NDE, and well I was just the monk who was there with her being part of the conversation.. I think I took up too much...
“While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him, so he went in and reclined at table. The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner. And the Lord said to him, ‘Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full...
(After reading Hebrews 2:1-4)
This salvation first announced by the Lord:
that He the Lamb of God for sinners wore
all guilt for sin, it on the Cross bore,
so by repentance we live evermore.
Evermore, rescued for the promised place,
that new Earth and Heaven where Christ shall reign.
In so...
Paul (formerly called Saul) was an apostle of Jesus Christ – not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead (Galatians 1:1). And he was not someone who was looking for human approval, either, nor was he trying to please other humans, or...
“The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul;
the testimony of the Lord is sure,
making wise the simple;
the precepts of the Lord are right,
rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure,
enlightening the eyes;
the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever...
(after reading Hebrews 2)
Lord, You help descendants of Abraham,
bypassing angels to give to them
so great a salvation,
Oh saints, pay attention!
Jesus, our High Priest
declares, where we meet,
He is not ashamed
to call us His “Brethren”!
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life...
When we consider the "whole counsel of God", there is one irrefutable conclusion:
the existence of creation and humanity confirm that God is.
For instance, the Apostle Paul conveys that Creation essentially announces the Person,
reality, and power of God:
19 For what may be known about God is...
“The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth, and not only I, but also all who know the truth, because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever: Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth...
(after reading Luke 24:50-53 and Acts 2:1-41)
Rumors of the Upper Room
were that they cowered from fear, in gloom.
Yet, acts of God (that different kind)
moved them in joyful prayer to abide.
Thus, though they knew not whence He came,
the Spirit of Jesus, as promised, flamed
and breathed upon...
(After reading Proverbs 4:20-27, Psalm 25:3, Luke 4:40, and Revelation 3:20)
Bend your ears, so you can hear
for your needy soul the written Word.
Incline your heart, your pulse—who you are,
God will work, Himself impart.
Christ healed them all, why not you?
No one who trusts will He refuse...
“This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. If we receive the...
“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments...
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that...
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live...
“For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. Do not be surprised, brothers...
“See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we...