Posts with the category “christian-living”

Distance running is demanding! Much of those demands consists of stresses and strains on the body, yet much also lies on the mindset and focus that it requires. Thus, the Scriptures employ words, such...  Read More

  We all tend to make every effort to prepare ahead of time for important events in life (weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, etc.) or upcoming visits from family and friends. There is a ...  Read More

Arise, O men of God, and stand in the gap for purity of life in word, in thought, and in deed. Putting on display holy and temperate living is a rare commodity in today’s promiscuous society that prom...  Read More

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Philippians 3:20We are to live our lives with our minds set on things above and not on things of thi...  Read More

Who is the responsible party for maintaining and promoting moral/sexual purity? Is there just as much that rides on the shoulders of women as that of men? Some have made the case that men are wholly r...  Read More

Sin can look really attractive, fooling even the trained eye guided by faith. That is why we must guard our hearts with all diligence and at all times (Proverbs 4:23). Further we must pay attention to...  Read More

We must take inventory of our lives because it is important to gauge what has been spent and what we need to stock up on for the future. It is vital to have some reserves before we come up empty at so...  Read More

Romans 12:1–2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not confor...  Read More

 I met a man along my hike He was carrying a pack and a broken bike All his trash looked like quite a rig I asked him “Why do you have a pack so big?” “This heavy weight upon my back” He said as he ad...  Read More

PRIORITIES OF LIFE - FOR WHAT OR FOR WHOM ARE YOU LIVING? WHAT OR WHOM DO YOU DEEM AS MOST IMPORTANT IN THIS LIFE? TO WHAT OR WHOM AREYOU GIVING FIRST PLACE?God recognizes that there is a time for eve...  Read More

Do you want a life of peace, contentment and joy? Then it is time to develop a life filled with praise and thanksgiving to God. The way in which the peace of God is going to rule in your hearts is thr...  Read More

Standing out from the crowd, swimming upstream, or however you want to state being different, has always been a difficult proposition for the believer. We are essentially different from the world arou...  Read More

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.  Romans 12:21  Violence has been, and yes, is becoming an ever-increasing preoccupation for the populace. It takes up a great portion of the news ...  Read More

  “. . . For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). The will of God is not so hard to ascertain. God has spelled out much of it for us, in fact, all that He in...  Read More

"Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" (2 Timothy 3:12). To what degree and of what kind of persecution we must endure differs widely, but nonetheless, the suffer...  Read More

I know that what I am about to address is either foreign to many, or may not be in vogue today. Nonetheless, I believe the biblical admonition is still apropos. My Bible still reads, "Thou shalt not t...  Read More

Psalm 101:6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.Role models abound today, wrong ones! We need more positi...  Read More

Are you pondering the path of your feet? Where are you walking, in whose ways, and how consistently? I encourage you to walk in the light of God’s Word and will. If you seek to do so, you will have tr...  Read More

Decisions, Decisions! How do you come to determine what you will do and when, or whether to scrap your plans for something else? Do you make decisions as if you are the only one that matters, and with...  Read More

Walking and talking to God face to face someday will be a grand experience, but in the mean time we can draw near to Him in full assurance of faith and converse through the wonderful avenue of prayer....  Read More

What God enjoys and encourages most is mercy, gentleness, compassion, and so much more in the way of peace. In keeping with His desires and character, He wants His children to “Let [thier] moderation ...  Read More