But it seems right!
... follow Him, he walked away sorrowful (Matthew 19:16-22). What seemed right—his wealth and self-righteousness—was actually keeping him from God’s kingdom.
Again, Saul believed offering a sacrifice instead ...
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Love: our only debt
... love. Love pursues righteousness, goodness and abhors sin. As Christians, it is not only a command for us to love one another but also a debt to us. That’s what Paul teaches when he wrote: “Owe no one ...
Walk in a New Life
... self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.” (NIV) Ephesians 4:22-24
Christians are admonished to continually move up in their spiritual lives. This is a command, not an option for ...
Start Right, Continue Right
... that Matthew 6:33 tells us to seek first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. It is important that if we need to achieve the resolutions we set, God must be made ...
Seek first the kingdom and live righteously
... word. It is not human righteousness, for even our righteousness is like filthy rags in the sight of God.
“We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing ...
The battle of the mind, the reservoir of the heart
... in, garbage out. Our eyes and ears are windows to our soul. The eyes and ears are not garbage receptors. To nourish our minds with truth, honourability, righteousness, purity, loveliness, admirability, ...
Walking in the Spirit
“In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry (NIV) Ephesians 4:26.
God from creation has been in constant union with all his creation especially with human beings. ...
A controlled mind
"A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger." (NIV) Proverbs 15:1
Anger and wrath are one of the world’s most noticeable problems. We see it in the home, in the workplace and ...
Gird up the loins of your mind
“Therefore, gird up the loins of your mind. Be sober and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (NKJV) 1 Peter 1:13
Christians are in the business ...
The sinner who repents
... made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ". Thus having received the status of righteousness through Christ’s atonement, we have ...