Tag: Paul
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To Seek and Find God: 5 Ways to Seek God
Although I had read Acts 17:22-31 many times, I had always looked at it as a way to evangelize people who were completely unfamiliar with Christian concepts. This time, I personalized it and examined my faith. I asked myself what it meant to seek and find God, and I found 5 ways to seek God.
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God Gifts His People for Action
In Romans 16, we see Paul’s love for the Roman church and how God gifts His people for action to serve.
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Through Jesus, We Are Overcomers!
Do you feel like you are an overcomer? Are you overwhelmed by the evil in this world? The cancel culture? You’re not sure you can recover from a friend’s harsh words. Be of good cheer! Through Jesus, we are overcomers. Jesus overcame the world. Because we are one with Jesus, we are overcomers through Jesus.
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5 Astonishing Statements from Paul
For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God who…
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Has God used a nuisance to make a difference?
Keith and I enjoyed a Country & Western concert recently. It was a “bring-your-own-chairs and Easy-Up” gathering on the green at the base of our San Jacinto Mountains. Clapping to the music, I looked over at Keith’s feet, raised up off the grass. “Ants! Are you about ready [to leave]?” “Well, why don’t you…
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A divine appointment with a surprise ending
25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were unfastened. Acts 16:25-26 We set…
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Champions for the cause of freedom … America’s veterans and their families
Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C. Paul writes, “Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.” Titus 2:3 The word Paul uses is stratiōtēs, a champion for Christ. America’s soldiers are champions for freedom. They are also champions for doing what is right. Paul paid…