A good name is more desirable than great riches. To be esteemed is better than silver or gold….Let your gentleness be evident to all. [This means our graciousness, considerateness, unselfishness, mercy, tolerance, and patience.] The Lord is near and coming soon…..An elder and all Christians must also have a good reputation with outsiders, so that we will not fall into …
Christ-likeness in Action
Thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of Jesus everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. (2 Cor 2:14-15 NLT) Last time, we looked at who Jesus is …
Think and Practice Whatever is Lovely and Loving
Jesus said: The Father Himself loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God….Think about and practice whatever is lovely, loving, amiable, attractive, beautiful, gracious, kind, peaceable, and winsome. (John 16:27; Philippians 4:8-9, my expanded paraphrase) An Example of Jesus-like Love Peter Miller (1710-1796) was a Baptist pastor in Ephrata, Pennsylvania during the American …
Think and Practice Whatever is Pure
May your love abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-11) This post builds on The Faulty …
Think and Practice Whatever is Right
Jesus says: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied….Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven….Seek first God’s kingdom and His righteousness, and your other needs will be met as well. (Matthew 5:6,10, 6:33) This post builds on The Faulty Walnut and God’s Remedy and …
Think and Practice Whatever is Noble
Help those who have trusted and relied on God to be careful to devote themselves to do good and honorable things. These ways are excellent in themselves, and good and profitable for the people. (Titus 3:8) This post builds on The Faulty Walnut and God’s Remedy and Think and Practice Whatever Is True Healthy Thinking and Living is Needed Dr. …
Psalm 67 (Gathering in God’s Family, Part 3)
The land yields its harvest. God, our God, blesses us. May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear Him. (Psalm 67:6-7) This post builds on Psalm 67 (Gathering in God’s Family, Part 1) and Psalm 67 (Gathering in God’s Family, Part 2) A Thanksgiving Hymn This ending to Psalm 67 reminds me of …
Psalm 67 (Gathering in God’s Family, Part 2)
May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for God rules the peoples with equity and guides the nations of the earth. (Psalm 67:4) This builds on Psalm 67 (Gathering in God’s Family – Part 1) An Old Testament Triumph The book of 2 Kings records a historic account near 800 BC. The Syrians were hostile to the Hebrews …
Psalm 67 (Gathering in God’s Family, Part 1)
May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face shine on us—so that Your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. (Psalm 67:1-2) Foreign Missionaries Spur Us on When missionaries come to our churches, they remind us and stir us to spread God’s good news in Jesus here in the USA. I …
Show Mercy to Others (Part 2)
Remember, Lord, Your great mercy and love, for they are from of old….Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your unfailing love. According to Your great compassion blot out my transgressions….Let Your mercy come to me, that I may live; for Your law is my delight. (Psalm 25:6, 51:1, 119:77) John the Merciful John of Alexandria (550-616 AD) was …