Photo by Sindre Fs on Pexels.com 1 Corinthians 8:9 New Living Translation But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble. For Encouragement He suffered from alcohol addiction. His National Service assignment to the Volta Region of Ghana became a trap for this young college … Continue reading Judicious Use of Our Freedoms
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One God and One Lord!
Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 New King James Version Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), yet for us there … Continue reading One God and One Lord!
A Caution on Knowledge
Photo by Nothing Ahead on Pexels.com 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 New International Version Now about food sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. But whoever loves God is known by God. For Meditation We Christians … Continue reading A Caution on Knowledge
The Best in His Presence!
Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com Ephesians 1:13-14 New King James Version In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. For Encouragement … Continue reading The Best in His Presence!
If You Are Afflicted
Photo by Brian James on Pexels.com Psalm 102:25-27 New King James Version Of old You laid the foundation of the earth,And the heavens are the work of Your hands.They will perish, but You will endure;Yes, they will all grow old like a garment;Like a cloak You will change them,And they will be changed.But You are the same,And Your years will have … Continue reading If You Are Afflicted
Joy and Peace to You
Romans 15:13 New King James Version Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. For Engagement God the Father is the source of your hope in everything. Never forget that. Therefore, may He fill your heart … Continue reading Joy and Peace to You
A Time For Everything
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens (Ecclesiastes 3:1). All too soon, the end of our season has come. It is time to say goodbye to the International Baptist Church of Dakar—the church my wife and I have loved and served for the past twenty years. It has been … Continue reading A Time For Everything
It’s Simple: Jesus Is God!
Mark 14:16 New International Version The disciples left, went into the city and found things just as Jesus had told them. So they prepared the Passover. For Meditation I am often amazed at the simplicity of the Lord and the way He exercised authority on earth. On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened … Continue reading It’s Simple: Jesus Is God!
The Subtlety of Celebration.
Esther 1:3-4 New King James Version In the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his officials and servants—the powers of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the princes of the provinces being before him—when he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor of his excellent majesty for many days, one … Continue reading The Subtlety of Celebration.
Through the Eyes of the Spirit 