This hurts me more than . . . ∙

This hurts me more than . . . ∙ For the LORD corrects those he loves, just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights. – Proverbs 3:12 Lamentations 3:31-33  31 For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever.  32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatnessContinue reading “This hurts me more than . . . ∙”

Solid rock or shifting sand ∙

Solid rock or shifting sand ∙ Everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. – Matthew 7:24 Matthew 7:24-27  24 Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house onContinue reading “Solid rock or shifting sand ∙”

We can only receive what God gives ∙

We can only receive what God gives ∙ God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. – John 1:6-7 John 3:22-30  22 Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there,Continue reading “We can only receive what God gives ∙”

Turning away from the living God ∙

Turning away from the living God ∙ Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God. – Hebrews 3:12 2 Peter 3:17 I am warning you ahead of time, dear friends. Be on guard so that you will notContinue reading “Turning away from the living God ∙”

Why are you persecuting me ∙

Why are you persecuting me ∙ “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” – Acts 9:4 Acts 9:1-6  1 Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,  2 and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that he might bring themContinue reading “Why are you persecuting me ∙”