Philippians 2:1-4 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. What a list of “ifs”! If we claim to know Christ as our Savior and Lord we should score on at least one of them. Are you encouraged from being united with Christ? Are you comforted? Do you have fellowship with the Spirit? Do you feel his tenderness and compassion? Before I assume that everyone answered yes to at least one
Hebrews 12:12-13 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. This chapter in Hebrews is definitely a model for growth in our Christian walk. If you are going to stay with this writer, you have to move on and up. These verses challenge us to get our act together, to strengthen our arms and knees, straighten our paths, so that we can be of service to others in Jesus’
Hebrews 12:8-11 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. Are you hurting? Pour your heart out to God. He may be molding you into the person he wants you to be. Consider these verses before you shake your fist at God and blame him for your pain and suffering. Perhaps you can remember a time when you were given a spanking or other punishment for something you had done.
I’ve been away on vacation, so it’s time to play catch-up. We do have a second nest of bluebirds in our birdhouse and it has four eggs in it. I’m not sure when the eggs were first laid. I looked both yesterday and today and the number was four both days, which means she has stopped laying. My neighbor may be able to shed more light on this when I get a chance to ask him about it.
Hebrews 12:4-7 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. I am struggling with a major disappointment in my life at the time I am writing this. It is in a situation where I feel very betrayed by an agency that was supposed to bring an improvement into my life with a whopping price tag. But the improvement is not an improvement at all, it has become a hindrance. I