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Perfection
“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…
I spent this past weekend at a women’s retreat at Alto Frio Baptist Encampment in Leakey, TX. (SW of San Antonio.) Wow! This has been quite a weekend! I don’t think that I have ever been more exhausted, exhilarated, or at peace. Emotionally, I have experienced the deepest mourning and…
Thy Rod and Thy Staff
“Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4c A shepherd’s rod and staff had four purposes: protection, guidance, discipline, and giving love. With the rod the shepherd could beat off a predator and with the staff he could pull a lamb back away from a steep precipice. He used…
Freedom
“Therefore there is now no condemnation in Christ Jesus.”Romans 8:1 Happy 4th of July! Today is the day that we celebrate freedom. Freedom from tyranny and coersion. Freedom to worship and speak, gather and bear arms. I think that I don’t really understand that freedom as I should because I…
Who to Listen to?
“See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.” Colossians 2:8 Who are you listening to? Are you believing the world’s ways or God’s ways? How…
God Delights in You
“They confronted me in the day of my calamity,But the Lord was my stay.He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.”Psalm 18:18-19 Did you know that God delights in you? This is really profound. We are sinners; we mess up; but…