Archive for the ‘Love’ Category

The Census of Manna

Monday, August 12th, 2013

Isn’t it amazing as you are focused on a particular aspect of Scripture, Our Heavenly Father reveals other subtleties of the topic! Exodus 16:16 This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it according to each one’s need, one omer for each person, according ...

Compelling You to Love

Thursday, August 8th, 2013

In Hebrews Chapter 10, Paul links Love and action together: NET© 10:24 And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, 1 NIV© 10:24 And let us consider how we may spur one another ...

The Purpose of Fruit

Monday, August 5th, 2013

The Cross is generally represented by two dimensions: height and width.  Those two dimensions represent two aspects of relationship: vertical and horizontal.  As Kemper Ditzler has stated many times- “Christians place all their focus on the vertical and no focus on the horizontal”.  In other words, we spend so much ...

The Unsustainable Path

Thursday, August 1st, 2013

If there is anything you should plan for, it is the unexpected.  The last seventy years since WWII has been a relatively stable growth period with manageable ups and downs.  The problem is that the assumptions used by the central planners did nothing to insure sustainability of the current system.  ...

Think, dwell, meditate on these things

Monday, July 29th, 2013

Philippians 4:8  Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The battleground of the ego is the mind.  The mind ...

Addicted to Lawlessness

Friday, July 26th, 2013

Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts says, “The country is not being run by the President.  It is being run by spy agencies and private interest groups, Wall Street and military security complex . . . They run the country.” Last week former President Jimmy Carter said, “The ...

Writing the Law on our hearts

Thursday, July 25th, 2013

It is critical that Our Heavenly Father’s Law be written on our hearts and our minds: Jeremiah 31:33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it ...

In Pursuit

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

From time to time we all need to adjust our focus.  The demands of each day tend to determine what we think about.  For many it is about simply making a living and providing for the family.  However, over the years I find that as I apply Biblical principles in ...

Preparation of the Remnant

Thursday, July 18th, 2013

Yesterday I mentioned the fact that the Remnant for the Age of Pentecost was fully trained before that Day arrived.  Their final training of 40 days was by Our Lord Jesus Christ.  In John chapter 20 we find another aspect of their preparation: 19  Then, the same day at ...

The Covenant of Unity

Tuesday, July 16th, 2013

Love is the basis of a Covenant of Unity.  Throughout the Scripture, Our Heavenly Father has operated by covenant.  The first mention of “covenant” is found in Genesis 6:18:  But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy ...