Joh 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for…
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Gal 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. One characteristic of the love of Christ is its willingness to help the weak carry their burden. Christ took our burden of sin upon Himself and He welcomes His people to come to them and do this:…
Read MoreHeb 5:13-14 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. (14) But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. When we interact with and…
Read More1Co 15:33 Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." When we are in association with a RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist), we spend our days, as the saying goes, "walking on eggshells." Stepping ever so carefully in every word we say, every action we take - lest the…
Read MoreMat 15:1-3 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, (2) “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” (3) He answered them, “And why do you break the commandment of God for the sake…
Read MoreEph 2:1-6 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins (2) in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— (3) among whom we all once…
Read MoreGen 4:8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him. Do you suppose that Abel thought Cain loved him? I mean, they were brothers. Abel was a righteous man, Cain was not (that is the…
Read MoreMat 15:12-14 Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?" (13) But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. (14) "Let them alone; they are blind guides of…
Read MoreJob 2:10b Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. When the Lord tested Job, and it was a severe test as you know, his wife faltered and essentially told him to give up. In response,…
Read More2Ti 4:14-15 Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. (15) Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message. These two verses have been a tremendous help to me. I have written before about what Paul says here but there…
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