Truth For The Heart
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22–23 Yesterday I told a former pastor that I’d love to see pastors take the nine qualities Paul lists as the fruit of the Spirit and tell their churches they were […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 11: Monday “So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are. You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I […]
Read MoreRead the Bible in 2011 ◊ Week 10: Wednesday “To You, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help, When […]
Read More“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Read MoreThe Prodigal Son is probably the best known, and the best loved, of all of the parables told by Jesus. I think that’s because it tells the story of the kind of father we would all like to have. Some of us may have been blessed with a father similar to the one in the […]
Read MoreThe wonder and glory of the birth of Jesus resound in this chorus from Handel’s Messiah, and the passage from Isaiah spans time from His First Advent to His Second Coming. “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name […]
Read MoreI’m thankful for many things—my husband, my children and for various family and friends who are part of my life. I am grateful for strangers I have met who have encouraged me. Over the past three years my family has been through difficult times, as you may have guessed from some of my writings. We’ve […]
Read MoreJames 3:13-18 has been one of my favorite passages in the Bible for a long time. “Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in a wise meekness. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie […]
Read MoreI’ve finished my series of posts about how I became a Christian, and what it means to believe in Jesus Christ. I’m about to begin another series on why you can believe in Jesus Christ. You may be thinking: how can I be encouraged by these posts in those moments when I feel like a smoldering candle that is about to go out? Because the posts are about our hope.
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Kindling for Candles 