Today I read the first chapter of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5). Wow. After reading just the first one-third of Jesus’ most familiar teaching, I feel pretty inadequate as a Christ-follower. The chapter ends with the words, Therefore, you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect (5:48). Perfect? Isn’t that …
Tag: Sanctification
12 Days of Christmas {Gifts} – Day 11
My husband loves peanut butter. He’s kind of a snob about it, though. He only likes JIF. Any other brand is sub-par in his opinion. Our girls know this and always apologize if they only have the Aldi brand in the pantry when he visits (or in the case of our overseas daughter, something called …
Conformed To His Death
…that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. --Philippians 3:10-11 Paul told us that his goal in life, what made him successful in his calling, was to focus all …
Don’t Miss The Mark In Your Anger
Is it a sin to get angry? Is all anger sinful? Good questions to contemplate as we read Paul’s admonition in Ephesians 4:26: Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. What is anger? The Greek word used here is orgizō and is only used eight …
How Will The World Know Jesus Is Alive?
This morning I was reminded of how we tend to read God’s Word from a self-centered perspective. We are always looking at passages for how they affect us, personally. We want to know how that particular truth is going to impact us. I don’t suppose that’s necessarily a bad thing, but we don’t want to …
The Way Of The Word 