Dealing with Sin in the Body
I was thinking about a saying I hear where it says to, “love the sinner and hate the sin.” It came to me that it isn’t easy to do that. Separate the sin and the sinner. I am not sure who came up with that phrase. I think it was meant to tell people to […]
The 60’s. The Hippies got it wrong
“Yeah, man, peace, make love, not war.” I think the Hippie movement of, “love the one you’re with,” got it all wrong. They got God’s message to love one another wrong. He meant agape, to love selflessly or unconditionally. The sacrificial love of Christ is an example of the love God wanted spread throughout the […]
God Can Heal your broken heart
I don’t understand why some people choose to break another’s heart. “She was happy—laughing, smiling, singing, dancing—without a care in the world. Something inside told me to prepare my heart for despair.” The man was heartbroken when he discovered his wife had been having an affair at work. He thought she loved him, and he […]
Halloween, Hell, and Hades; Satan loves sin
Revelation 1:18 (NIV): “I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.” As I walk through stores, I see images—some gruesome, others cute—candies, lights, and costumes, all preparing for Halloween. This event has become more widely celebrated than […]
The Devil Comes to Kill, Steal, and Destroy
There’s a well known scripture: John 10:10 King James Version (KJV): “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” The church is at war with an enemy. In this world we can’t just […]
God gives us seeds, the devil gives us weeds
I was speaking to someone about how God gives us good seeds to nurture in life. These seeds are the dreams he places in our hearts at conception. We have. choice to follow these dreams and tend to them. We can’t see what they are going to turn into until we are far into the […]
God is Anxiously Waiting for your Return
Sin separates us from God. We often don’t realize that something inside of us dies when we sin. Our relationships die and we lose a part of our soul. There are so many negative things about sin that it makes it difficult for us to return to God. Shame, guilt, fear, doubt, anger, even despising […]
Repentance Your Greatest Weapon Against Sin and the Devil
Repentance is one of your greatest weapons against the devil and sin. The act of turning away from sin, it is a sincere effort to change one’s thinking and behavior. Matthew 4:17 Jesus said to repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. The good news or the gospel is about repentance and forgiveness. We […]
If you do not forgive God can’t forgive you?
Forgiving others is challenging especially when you believe that the hurt or damage that was done to you was not warranted. You want to be forgiven by God and yet you want to be avenged of the hurt that was caused by others. I believe that moral sins are the worst, no amount of money […]
The Beauty of Imperfection
The Beauty of Imperfection: You are uniquely you! In Japanese culture, there’s a concept called ‘wabi-sabi’ – finding beauty in the imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. What if we applied this to our own lives, embracing each flaw, each ‘missed mark’, as a unique part of our story, a part of a greater divine tapestry?” Finding […]
