2 Timothy 1:14
From Fox News: A group of 12 World War II Marines ranging in age from 85 to 97 is stuck on the island of Okinawa, waging what could be their final fight to return to Iwo Jima to commemorate the 65th anniversary of their greatest victory. Read the whole article. Bless their hearts. Let’s pray [...]
So pray that God might be pleased to pour out his Spirit on these atheists, to do what is necessary to convert their darkened hearts and minds so that they might turn their lives around and find the One who loves them and gave himself for them. That would be such a sweet thing! In the process, you might find that he is calling you to help him in this endeavor in some way. As both Jesus and Paul remind us, we are to pray for our enemies and persecutors and to show them kindness. Let us do just that so that we might bring honor and glory to our Lord.
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man has his father’s wife. And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have gone into mourning and have put out of your fellowship the man who has been doing this? For my part, [...]
For us all, however, the cross is the crown of victory! It has brought light to those blinded by ignorance. It has released those enslaved by sin. Indeed, it has redeemed the whole of humankind! Do not, then, be ashamed of the cross of Christ; rather, glory in it. Although it is a stumbling block [...]
Consider what may happen when you finally overcome evil and live honorably among others. You may then be attacked by a new trial, the trial of boredom with the tedium of a good life. Sin no longer attracts you but now God’s word gives you no pleasure. —Augustine, Commentary on the Psalms, 106.6 Have you [...]
