We are lively stones for God, active, quick, sprightly. Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 1 Peter 2:5 KJV We are built up a spiritual house. Peter is contrasting the Old Testament temple made with hands with … [Read more…]
The enduring faith, hope and love exhibited by the Weatherstone family is inspiring. This is their matter of fact account of the challenges they have come through. We have always believed the Lord doesn’t give us more than we could handle. Our two oldest boys were born with a genetic disease called Cystic Fibrosis. Even … [Read more…]
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Messiah have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts. If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25 Being therefore justified … [Read more…]
A powerful explosion of the love of God is beginning to rain down from heaven that changes everything. God is taking us to a new place of LOVE in Him that arms the Body of Christ with all that is needed to accomplish that which the passing church-age systems could not accomplish. The divided … [Read more…]
Paul tells the Ephesians and us how to prepare to inherit the Kingdom of Messiah and God. We do that by walking in love in the kingdom of God that is through the Holy Spirit (Ro 14:17-18). 1 Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. 2 Walk in love, even as Messiah also loved us … [Read more…]
Appleseed Travel Journal » Miracles Still Happen!! Brooks Often when in Bikeke we get to visit some of the homes of the vulnerable children attending Liberty School, most of whom would not be attending school at all without the vision of the Director John Wayonye. It’s always a very humbling experience to sit in the … [Read more…]
Love is the more excellent way, superior to spiritual gifts, as Paul wrote in his teaching on spiritual gifts. “But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And moreover a most excellent way show I unto you” ( 1 Cor 12:31). He is teaching in the context of an agape feast. The Lord’s Supper was a love … [Read more…]
1 CORINTHIANS 13 is the love chapter of the Bible. It is a Psalm of love that takes us from our present to our future. To help us get its rich and encouraging flavor, I first put it in its poetic form for you from the Holman Christian Standard Bible. Then, to help savor and … [Read more…]