Tag Archives: sin
Everyday Parables – Clean Sheets
Can you imagine the scene?
A hot shower, fresh clean bedding, fluffed pillows, clean clothes, lavender scent in the air.
As I crawled into bed I literally felt like I was on vacation and this moment was one of pure paradise.
I buried my face into the pillows and inhaled deeply, wrapped the comforter up tight around my neck, and almost cried at how beautiful this moment truly felt. Continue reading
God, Are We Ok?
Psalm 19:12-13 How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. 13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin. So there … Continue reading
Attitude Check: Am I A Pharisee
Matthew 5:8 “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. My heart is heavy this morning. It has been for quite some time. There are concepts in God’s word that I’m just not mature … Continue reading
Relentless Pursuits
Genesis 39:7-12 7 and Potiphar’s wife soon began to look at him lustfully. “Come and sleep with me,” she demanded. 8 But Joseph refused. “Look,” he told her, “my master trusts me with everything in his entire household. 9 No … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (42): Freedom
Romans 8:1-2 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. There are many … Continue reading
Armor Series (6): The Helmet of Salvation
Ephesians 6:14-17 14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 in addition to all, taking … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (18): Predestined
Ephesians 5:5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will I struggle with the balance between conviction and grace. Lately it feels like God wants me to be painfully aware of how short I … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (16): The Holy Spirit
Ephesians 1:11-14 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of … Continue reading
50 Days of Promises (13): Part One – Dead To Sin
Romans 6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of … Continue reading
Because of Him
Matthew 18:21-34 The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant 21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, … Continue reading
One Man's Journey of Redemption 