06
Jan/2009

by Lovableforever

Free Not to Sin 


"Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit."Galatians 5:24-25

It's easy to get tripped up in Paul's language about our sin nature here and in other letters he wrote. The big picture is this: At the moment you put your faith in Jesus for your salvation, for the forgiveness of sin, you "died with Him." That is, you agreed that He died in your na... Read More

04
Jan/2009

by Blessed_Sistah

VERSE:
"Put on the new self, created to be like God in true right- eousness and holiness."   Ephesians 4:24
         THOUGHT:  One of the biggest decisions we face at the beginning of the day is what we will wear.   Well, no matter what we choose in the way of clothing, let's make sure we choose to put on the new person God re-made us to be when we became Christians.   Those are the only clothes that will fit us... Read More

03
Jan/2009

by follower_of_christ36

A friend and I were sitting in the kitchen today eating dinner, and of course when Anthony and I get together, we talk about the many changes we would like to see within the church. He brought up a good piece today. We have all these church building that are huge here in Bloomington Indiana. The church I attend has about thirty members and it's one huge building. My friend wanted to know, how come there are all these huge buildings with all these extra rooms that are not being used accept on chu... Read More

02
Jan/2009

by Lovableforever

Who Will You Be in '09? 


"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23

Who will you be in 2009? What will I do? Where will I go? What will happen to me? What relationships will thrive and/or fail? How much will I make? Will I win the lottery? Find true love? Become the best at . . . anything?

We've been following Paul's train of thought thr... Read More

01
Jan/2009

by follower_of_christ36

When I was young, my foster brother was into martial arts and he was really, really good at it. Junior had all these martial art books lying around the house. He never would read them. While Junior went to his classes, and practice downstairs in the basement, I was upstairs in my bedroom reading his books. In a few months, I had a lot of his books memories. Some times when Junior was practicing in the basements, I would sit on the stairs and yell out the moves he was doing. Junior would sit... Read More