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Colossians 1:1-6 ESV
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
“To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae:
“Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since...
1 Timothy 1:18-20 ESV
“This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith, among whom are...
1 Timothy 1:12-17 ESV
“I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace...
Ephesians 6:23-24 ESV
“Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.”
1. What kind of peace is this?
2. What kind of love is this?
3. What kind of faith is this...
I thought I would share my testimony with you all. I have given a very similar testimony to a number of others.
Of course, I am ever in the pursuit of truth and do not believe I will ever arrive in this life, but this is what this pursuit of truth is really based on.
Buckle up!
I was on what...
1 Peter 1:3-5 ESV
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for...
I grew up in a Christian home but lost my faith. Recently I’ve come back to Jesus because I realized just how miserable and empty life was without him. But I’m realizing that there’s part of me that still loves sin. I don’t hate it anymore like I did as a child. It really saddens me, I feel like...
Ephesians 5:7-14 ESV
“Therefore do not become partners with them; for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no...
Proverbs 29:25 ESV
“The fear of man lays a snare,
but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.”
This is a short passage of Scripture and yet it is filled with biblical truth. And the best way to understand what this is teaching is if we look at what these individual words mean:
Words Defined
Fear...
Matthew 5:11-12 ESV
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
I live in the United States of...
The True Nature of God
The unfolding of My love in you is My personal happiness; I’m waiting for it.
Everything that affects you touches Me personally. My friend, you are part of Me and I, your Christ, am part of you.
Bossis, Gabrielle. He and I (p. 7).
Pauline Books and Media. Kindle...
Psalms 1:1-2 ESV
“Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.”
If we are blessed of the Lord, what does that...
Philippians 1:9-11 ESV
“And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the...
Walking with Jesus day by day,
Reading His word, to Him do pray,
Asking of Him what I should say,
Encouraging others in His name.
Helping a brother who’s in need,
Serving a sister, grace to feed,
Sharing the gospel, plant to seed,
Following Jesus, let Him lead.
Caring for others, with them...
John 3:19-21 ESV
“And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever...
1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV
“The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.”
So what is meant here by “the natural person”? It appears to have to do with the human nature...
Psalms 2:1-2 ESV
“Why do the nations rage
and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers take counsel together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
‘Let us burst their bonds apart
and cast away their cords from us.’”
The...
Frustration
I would say that I am the cause of my greatest frustration in living out my monastic life. It is a human struggle of course, and I am certainly not alone in dealing with life and how I react to it. I suppose most of us are a wild combination of chaos and order. I don’t have wild...