Romans is such an incredible book in its entirety, but if you want to know how to walk the Christian walk, Romans 8 is the chapter to read. It is true that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer. Once we’ve accepted Christ as Savior and Lord, we have an ever-present…
This is probably the most “famous” verse in the Bible, as well it should be. I’ve been a Christian for 54 years, and I still choke up when I think of how much love it took for God to do what He did for mankind…especially knowing in advance how many…
When I was a little girl, I would get so mad at trees. I thought if they would just hold still, the wind wouldn’t blow so hard (yes, I thought trees were giant fans). I couldn’t see the wind, but I could see its result—the waving trees, my toys being…
HYMN DAY! I suppose technically this isn’t a hymn, but it’s a song my parents sang with another couple as a quartet when I was a teenager and it’s always stuck with me. “Come, Holy Spirit” by John Peterson is powerful! And exactly what we need. The Holy Spirit came…
If you’ve read the Bible passage, you know that Nicodemus was confused by Jesus’ statement, comparing it to physical birth from our mother’s womb. Being born again is a spiritual rebirth that occurs the moment we truly believe that Jesus is who He claims to be: the risen Son of…
These words were spoken by a man named Nicodemus to Jesus. Nicodemus was an unlikely person to even approach Jesus, let alone acknowledge that He’d come from God. He was a member of the Pharisees, proud in his strict adherence to Jewish law and fiercely opposed to the message of…
We identified the meaning of “testify” earlier this week, so now let’s look at “convict.” To convict is to expose something—bring it to the light. In this case, it means to expose a person’s wrongdoings (sins) so they can be dealt with. We can’t fix something until we know it’s…
Being indwelled with God’s Spirit gives us strength to endure, discernment to choose wisely, peace when life’s storms rage around us. But until Jesus died on the cross, rose again, and ascended to the Father, the Spirit couldn’t come. He had to wait until Jesus sent Him. Knowing they would…
HYMN DAY! Charles Wesley wrote a number of hymns, and the words always move me. “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” is no exception. It can be read as a prayer. 1 Love divine, all loves excelling, joy of heav’n, to earth come down, fix in us thy humble dwelling, all…
There’s that word “testify” again, but this time it applies to the disciples themselves. They had spent time with Jesus. They’d witnessed His miracles with their own eyes, heard His incredible teaching with their own ears, and experienced change within their own hearts. With the Holy Spirit’s empowerment, they would…
