Intercession

Not a verse today, but an excerpt from a book Dawn of Liberty by Michael Phillips (excellent series called the Secret of the Rose).   “What about my yoke is easy and my burden light?” “After we’ve utterly relinquished self, that is true.  But as long as we continue to…

“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33  Wow!  Peace is from Jesus, not from our circumstances!  If I could just live that daily, I would be…

“Do not worry then saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘What will we wear for clothing?’  For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for you heavenly Father know that you need all these things.” Matthew 6:32-33 God shows Himself as a Heavenly Father who…

“I have not written to you because you do not know the truth but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth.” 1 John 2:21  Whether the lie is to protect yourself, protect others, to get yourself out of an uncomfortable situation, or to avoid…

“Do not give what is holy to dogs,  and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.” Matthew 7:6 “Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to…

“He no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh… but to the will of God” 1 Peter 4:2 Perfection is founded entirely on the love of God, and the perfect love of God means the complete union of our will with God’s: It follows them, that…