In Matthew 25:31-46, we come to a weighty and sobering passage that is a fitting follow-up to what we’ve been considering on the second part of the Great Commandment: “Love your neighbor as yourself”. Jesus gives us a news report of future history - of a day that is coming, marked on God’s calendar, and that will be unlike any other. He tells of the day of His return, when He comes again in His gl...  Read More

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35)After we consider all that is involved in the Great Commandment of loving God supremely and loving people sacrificially, we must finally conclude with the NEW Commandment of our Lord to t...  Read More

Love Your Neighbor"By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?" (1 John 3:16-17)As we move from the Great Commandment of loving God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength to "lovi...  Read More

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” (Josh 1:9)"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might." (Ephesians 6:10)Be strong dear saint! Don't back down! Don't give up now! Don't be afraid or dismayed but keep going forward with the Lord...trusting in Him and His fai...  Read More

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths" (Proverbs 3:5-6).Beloved child of God, what do you do when life throws an unexpected trouble, trial, or hardship your way? Do you immediately panic or do you pray? Do you go to worrying on God or go to waiting on God? Do you listen and wait first...or qui...  Read More

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"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God...not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith." (Romans 12:2-3)When we consider loving God with all of our minds, we need to realize that our thought...  Read More

All Your Soul"So he said, “I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ But God said to him, “Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’(Luke 12...  Read More

All Your Heart"And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart..." (Mark 12:30)The Lord loves us with a perfect and complete love. Does it not still amaze you when you consider His heart of love toward us? He does not love us with partiality nor does He do anything in part or in halvds. The work of original creation was finished with God's stamp of approval that everything was called "goo...  Read More

Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the LORD our God, the LORD is one. And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these” (Ma...  Read More

"And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, “This man began to build and was not able to finish.’" (Luke 14:27-30)When we truly sto...  Read More

“Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase…" (1 Cor. 3:5-7)This passage reveals that spiritual growth happens over time in an intentional process just like the way someone must first pl...  Read More