Jesus (He) Clothes (Covers) Nakedness (Shame)
Jesus Clothes Nakedness. He Covers Shame. Shame is the fear that others will notice something we want to hide. We want to hide weakness and failure. We want to hide our unworthiness. We don’t want others to know what we have done. We don’t want…
God Works Good, Even Through Depression
Depression shows on the face. Studies show that depression takes a toll on the entire body, but can be seen very easily on the face. Both because people tend to be more un-kept, but also, because depression manifests as fatigue. There’s a saying, ‘the only…
Every Day Is A Choice To Follow
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish. He said: “I called to the Lord out of my distress, and He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice. You cast me…
The Obvious and Overlooked Source of Hope
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath. He has driven and brought me into darkness without any light. Surely against me has He turned His hand continually, the whole day long. My flesh and my skin He has…
Two Very Different Boasts
See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for…
Do Not Become Weary in Doing Good
Let the one who is taught the word share all good things with the one who teaches. Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from…
Carry Another’s Burden
Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and…
Walking by the Spirit not by Flesh
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to…
Free To Love
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man…
The Good Son and the Righteous Mother
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born…
The Feely Side Of Faith
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless…
Adopted As Son
I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. In the same way we also,…
