Psalm 139:23-24, “Search me, O God, and know my heart! And see if there be any grevious way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” Of all people the Christian should hide nothing….especially from God! Our debt was paid at the cross, so may the Lord search our souls to the marrow and […]
Proverbs 28:26, “Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.”
Galatians 5:16-17, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh…” May an overriding desire for Christ, granted by the indwelling Spirit, drive us to
Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
Proverbs 1:7, “The fear of YHWH is the beginning of knowledge.” Our mind truly knows, only if our heart truly fears…And apart from a heart that has been pierced with this blood-bought fear of YHWH, human knowledge of the universe is like an F22 sealed in a cave….impressive, but pointless.
Exodus 28:29, “So [the high priest] shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular remembrance before the LORD.” Hebrews 8:1, “We have such a high priest…”
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Hebrews 3:12-13, “Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called ‘today,’ that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” May we go to
Mark 10:23, “And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, ‘How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!’”
2 Timothy 3:4, “[People will be] lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” Our character–and eternal destiny–is revealed by what we love (want, pursue, treasure, enjoy, hunger and thirst for) most. Am I controlled by love for the pleasure of _________ or the pleasure of knowing God in Christ?
1 John 4:19-20, “We love because He first loved us. If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar…” At best, speech and acts and experiences of worship when hatred is harbored in our hearts is a lie. At worst it may mean that we have never been regenerated to
1 John 3:18, “Little children, let us not love in word or in talk, but in deed and in truth.” If Christ crucified and risen is our life, then His love will manifest in our deeds…may it be increasingly so.
Philippians 4:19, “And my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” God’s glory in Christ satisfies every insufficiency, every lack, every longing, and every loss. There is no human need that does not find its deepest answer in Jesus Christ–crucified and risen.
Colossians 1:4-5, “…we heard of your FAITH in Christ Jesus and of the LOVE that you have for all the saints, because of the HOPE laid up for you in heaven.” God-given faith in Christ secures the unshakable hope of Christ which frees us to love like Christ.
Matthew 15:8, “This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me…” Words, deeds, extravagant worship and everything else is hollow if God has not captivated our HEART in Christ. May He do so more and more.
Isaiah 29:13-14, “Because this people draw near with their mouth…while their hearts are far from me…therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder up wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish.” YHWH’s response to the distant hearts of His people is to do “wonder upon wonder”
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Galatians 5:6, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.”
Galatians 5:16, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” May we slaughter sin through a superior and Spirit-born desire for the things of God in Christ.
John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
Mark 4:19, “…desires for other things enter in and choke the word…” Most of U.S. culture runs on “desires for other things”
