“You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live.” Ephesians 2:2 MSG Let me state the sometimes-forgotten truth… we live on a battlefield between the kingdom of this world and the Kingdom of heaven. They have totally opposite operating systems and the success of each will […]
Tag Archives: compromise
Keep The Road Straight!
“He led them straight to safety. to a city where they could live.” Psalm 107:7 NLT “But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” Matthew 7:14 NLT It’s not like the wide entrance to Disneyland, even seen from blocks away. The Bible says that the gate […]
Beware The Little Foxes!
“Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” Song of Solomon 2:15 ESV It appears strange that the bride-to-be in this Scriptural story appears to be encouraging her fiancé to stage a fox hunt! Yet to Solomon’s readers, foxes represented potential damage to gardens and vineyards, so […]
Exclusive Rights
“They honored and worshiped God, but not exclusively …” II Kings 17:32 The Message A God who gave Himself to us completely deserves exclusive devotion from us in return. But there’s so much around us that steals our attention and hearts. We struggle with divided loyalty and in so doing find our spiritual lives meager […]