Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places. Ephesians 1:3 In Ephesians chapter one, Paul encourages the church at Ephesus. He teaches them about the eternal blessings in Christ Jesus that we all have as Christians.  These are […]

“For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.” Romans 10:2-3 Going through life, we tend to meet some good people. These are the kind of people […]

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9:24 (ESV)  Imagine the Creator of all life, the One who with a mere word spoke […]

The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in His way; though he should fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hands. Psalm 37:23-24 (ESV) How many times have you been looking at your walk with Christ and thinking that you are a failure? Many […]

“Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” Ephesians 2:12-13 (ESV) […]

For by Grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing;it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV) As humans, we often do try to reach God. We often stretch to the heavens and hope to reach him. […]

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God. Job 19:25-26 (ESV) So often we can find ourselves in times of extreme difficulty and trial. This may be the death of […]

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 6:21 (ESV) As part of His Sermon on the Mount, Jesus talks about the heart of man and where our true loyalty lies. If we treasure something, our focus is on that thing and nothing else. Our heart and mind should be focused […]

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ–by grace you have been saved–and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in […]

“When I thought, ‘My foot slips,’ Your steadfast love, O Lord, held me up. When the cares of my heart are many, Your consolations cheer my soul.” Psalm 94:18-19 (ESV) We all like it when things are normal and we can become very comfortable in those times. We like the feeling we get when there […]