God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will Ephesians 1:5 NIV They took a teenaged boy from a different country into their home. They treated him as if he were their own son. He had his own family back in his own country,... Continue Reading →
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3 NIV The sun was just peaking above the sea when his feet hit the sand. The man ran along the shore as the waves broke nearby. ... Continue Reading →
Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. Galatians 6:15 NIV Two men met one day on a beach. They were playing with their children in the sand. One man was a devote member of a church. He had faithfully attended for years. He was a builder by trade and... Continue Reading →
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Galatians 6:14 NIV A girl came nearly every day to visit a high school boy. She was one of the top students in his class. She came... Continue Reading →
Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 There was a man who had been raised in a Christian home. His parents taught him to pray to the Lord. He had read his Bible and had... Continue Reading →
The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Galatians 6:8 The children were playing one day behind their house when another kid from school came by. Their parents were not around. The... Continue Reading →
Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 NIV A teenager was in the process of repainting his van in the high schools' shop class. While in the process, he used a primer to paint his grad-year numbers on the side of it. But before... Continue Reading →
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, Galatians 5:22 NIV She stood each day at the head of a small one-roomed class. Her students ranged in ages and in cultural backgrounds. She was a whitehaired elderly woman and always had her hair tucked up neatly. She was... Continue Reading →
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. Galatians 5:16 NIV A man once struggled to live a good Christian life. There were too many exciting things to do in the world. Then one day he met God. The Holy Spirit began to stir.... Continue Reading →
The entire law is summed up in a single command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Galatians 5:14 NIV Their father was not the strictest of fathers. He hoped that they would grow up to be good people and to care about others. But he was not about to beat good sense into them. So... Continue Reading →
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