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“My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.
Keep my commandments and live,
And my teaching as the apple of your eye.
Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister,’
And call understanding your intimate friend;
That they...
Our Cloister Garden
This morning, we experienced a brief but gentle rain. Our cloister garden, dark green and vibrant, seemed to come alive, with all the trees and plants looking 'happy'. For nearly 55 years, I have walked through this garden, traveling to and from church. During the day, I...
Blessed Divine Love,
Greatest gift, bestowed in staggering simplicity:
For there was
A sentence over us, a Cross;
A Sacrifice, then doubt sealed by man;
A stone rolled, where, aside, Jesus posed;
A woman scurrying back
To utter the timeless “Risen!”;
Christ seen, listened to, observed in...
We learn from reading Ephesians 5:1-6 that we are to be followers of God/Christ who walk in love, a love which comes from God and which is obedient to his commands. And we are to be becoming like Jesus in mind, character, and action, by the Spirit, in the power of God. We are no longer to be...
Faith Lived Out
September 15—“Who could be happier than you,
My Christians? The same Father—Mine. The same mother—Mine. And I—your brother.
Bossis, Gabrielle. He and I (p. 41).
Pauline Books and Media. Kindle Edition.
If our faith is not lived out, but dormant, our understanding will be...
“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for...
(see the beginning of my previous post ("Part 1") for the purpose of this post)
Proverbs 30:4 has five questions:
Who has ascended into heaven, or descended?
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?
Who has bound the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is His name, and what is His Son’s name,
If you know? (NKJV)
I believe that the Bible...
We who believe in Jesus Christ are to be those who are living godly and morally pure and upright lives to God in obedience to his commands, who are no longer living to please the passions of our sinful flesh. So we should not be at war with one another based on the passions of the sinful flesh...
“Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose...
Matthew 16:4
Matthew 16:17
A wicked and adulterous generation
looks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
15 "But what about you?" [Jesus] asked. "Who do you say I am?"
16 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
17 Jesus...
Lord, how deep your deep waters,
yet You started me shallow,
so I could burst upward
to confess and to follow!
And whether I look
up, at sides or down,
a cloud of witnesses
follows me now.
Spirit within!
Brethren about!
Angels that minister,
God’s creation surrounds!
No time to be lonely...
Father, truly You have loved us first!
How could Heaven’s love be understood or eruditely unearthed?
All that remains is for the heart to hear
Of Christ’s death for all, of Resurrection to assure.
This is favor-come, unsolicited,
“Election” by response elicited!
Yes, enticed if we treasure...
“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer...
“The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth, for the sake of the truth which 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 Son of the...