selfishness

  1. Christsfreeservant

    Why Now are You Angry?

    Why are you angry? Why does your heart burn? Why disappointed With how life does turn? Who has appointed you, Put you in charge? Why are you angry With what is at large? Who made you God To determine all things? You’re just a human, Created being. God is Creator, The One Who’s in charge, He...
  2. Christsfreeservant

    Memories of Taking Communion

    “But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that there are divisions among you. And I believe it in part, for there must be factions among...
  3. Christsfreeservant

    Grace for the Humble and Repentant

    James 4:1-3 ESV “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    One-Sided Relationships

    Video Talk Ephesians 4:32 NIV “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.” In this video talk I make reference to a song sung by Whitney Houston. The song is titled, “I Have Nothing.” It is considered a romantic or a love song of sorts...
  5. Christsfreeservant

    Donkeys Honking

    Donkeys honking in their pride, Taking others for a ride, Telltale signs of something bad, Someone somewhere has been had. Magic tricks, that is their game, Mischief making, all the same. Looking, though, to others blame, Absolute, they feel no shame. Corner others with their tricks, That is...
  6. Christsfreeservant

    It Has Served to Advance the Gospel

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Philippians 1:12-14 ESV “I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the...
  7. Christsfreeservant

    Do You Take God Seriously?

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us...
  8. Christsfreeservant

    Gone With the Wind

    An Original Work / February 12, 2022 Gone with the wind are people in sin, Following platitudes in their ingratitude. Beckoning not Him they forgot, Bent on their fortitudes, slaves to their hardihood. All for the flesh that they refresh, Living their livelihoods slaves to consumer goods. Them...
  9. Christsfreeservant

    Say "No" to "What's in it for Me?"

    Philippians 2:1-2 ESV “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.” If there is any encouragement...
  10. Christsfreeservant

    Your Passions at War Within

    James 4:1-3 ESV “What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not...
  11. Christsfreeservant

    Wedding Vows to Jesus Christ

    Hebrews 10:26-31 NIV “If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy...
  12. Christsfreeservant

    Don't Be Selfish

    Philippians 2:3-4 ESV “Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Selfish Ambition What is the reason Jesus died on that cross? Was it not...
  13. Christsfreeservant

    Foot in Mouth

    Tonight I had one of those real life lessons taught to me. I will not share the details of what took place, but I will just suffice it to say that I said something I wished I would not have said, and I felt badly afterwards that I said it, and so I apologized for it and for my insensitivity...
  14. Christsfreeservant

    Love or Lust?

    An Original Work / August 11, 2019 Love or lust? Do you know? What’s your answer? Does it show? Who gets hurt? Do you care? Others’ feelings You aware? Selfish fling? It’s your thing? Nowhere honest. You’re the king? Private chats Behind backs. Keep things hidden. No one cracks? Selfish...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    The Life I Now Live

    Galatians 2:20 ESV I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Crucified with Christ Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is the...
  16. sunestauromai

    What's New?

    Background I’ve been trusting Jesus Christ as both my savior and lord for a week now. Most of my life I thought I was a good Christian, but my lifestyle proclaimed a different story. I’ve written a good amount on my past life, which was steeped in sexual addiction and sinful habits, but some...
  17. Definition Of Wilderness

    Definition Of Wilderness

    When we started on our journey in 2007 we had a vague idea of what a wilderness season in God meant. We had read many of the Christian classics, Tozer, Guyon, John of the Cross, Thomas a Kempis, Theresa of Avila and others describing wilderness seasons. From there we learned a little about what...
  18. DeerGlow

    Destroying Vanity

    I feel like I have been to selfish, careless, and reckless lately in my words and life. How do I deny myself? And the one who has been forgiven much loves much, so I wonder if I have unbelief about my forgiveness since I do not love God as much as I should for my sins if they are forgiven. Does...