Galatians 6:9 says, And let us not grow weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
When you’re trying to grow a vegetable garden you have to sow a lot of seed, you have to protect those seeds until they can germinate, then you have to constantly pull weeds, and water (but not too much). Your hands have to ache. Your face has to sweat. And then you …
13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
Sin divides man from God, and man from man. But, when Christ died for sin, he broke down the walls that divide us from God and one another. From …
EXHORTATION
1 Corinthians 13:7 says…
Love… believes all things
This means that Christians who are growing in love choose to believe the best in others. The word for believe is the same word we translate as “faith.” So, literally, love has all faith.
Believing all things means we give others the benefit of the doubt. We take one another’s word at face value. It means we open ourselves up fully to one another. We believe …
EXHORTATION
One of the most spiritual things a Christian can do in life is work a job. The first command God gave Adam included the divine commission to work. This means that getting up early on Monday to put in an honest day’s work is itself an act of worship.
Christians are called to consider their work holy. To do their work as unto the Lord. To see their work as a way to bring …
After he was raised from the dead, Jesus appeared to his disciples who were startled because they thought he was a spirit.
And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? … And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate before …