Day 13

“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.”

James 3:16 KJV 

No kidding. 

Day 12

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”

Ephesians 6:10 KJV

I need strength. 

Day 9

“O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”

Psalms 34:8 KJV

I need to keep trusting in God. 

Day 8

"Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength" Isaiah 26:4.

This is a really meaningful verse for me especially with everything that I struggled with this summer. Mainly, just being able to keep weight on and stay healthy. Sometimes my trust in God was all that I had or felt like I had in moments. And even though it was the hardest summer I've ever had to go through it was also one of the best and I definitely did see how He strengthened me.

What doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

That's all.

Photo by: Lechon Kirb

Day 7

“The Lord is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.”

Proverbs 15:29 KJV. 

I hope He finds me righteous in His sight. 

October 6

“And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.”

2 Thessalonians 3:5 KJV

I needed this verse today. 

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Day 3

"Jesus answered and said until him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him" John 14:23.

This is one of those verses that I feel can be read by itself and still hold it's meaning.

Another Day, Another Bible Verse, Another Post

“Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;” Romans 12:12.

Another verse that has very little meaning to me without context.

So the heading for this section of the chapter in my Bible says “Behave Like a Christian.” I don’t think it could be stated any plainer than that.

Anyway, the section is pretty good and just talks about how Christians should live. It’s kinda like a Christians Best Practices Guide for Dummies.

The surrounding verses mention things like (but not limited to): 

• loving without hypocrisy
• working diligently 
• blessing and not cursing people
• taking care of other people
• being sympathetic to the hurting
• don't be a know-it-all

It's a pretty solid list of things that make the world a nicer place to live in. 

Well, that's all for today, folks!

Back At This Blog Again

“Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.” 1 Corinthians 1:10 KJV

Like many others, I’ve been slacking in reading the Bible. It’s kinda painful to even write that statement. Like admitting that I’ve been slacking is somehow sacrilegious or something. But I hear the truth sets you free, so I’m not going to let the guilt stop me. 

How I feel when I commit to things long term.
PC: Christopher Campbell

Anyway, I remember when I was blogging about what I read each morning, that I actually . . . Read. Each. Morning. So I figured that’s the best way for me to do this. However, I’ve also been going through a bit of a “fear of commitment” stage in life. So committing to reading a particular book or chapter just seems a bit overwhelming. I thought I’d just take the daily verse from my Bible app and write about that.

I guess that’s okay except for the fact that I like to know things in context . . . so that doesn’t really give me that. Anyway, some of the verses do alright standing alone. This one, however, I think it needs more to it in order to really understand or take in the full meaning. Like who is the writer talking to? Who is the writer? What setting is this? I don’t know. If I take the verse like this, it seems like the writer just wants a bunch of “group thinkers,” but I don’t really think that’s what he’s wanting.

I guess I’ll read the whole chapter . . . or enough to know the context of this verse.

So the writer is Paul.

And as you might have guessed, he’s talking to the church in Corinth.

And what’s going on is that the people are all divided and saying things like, “I’m of Paul,” or “I’m of Apollos,” or “I’m of Christ,” similarly to the way some of us would say, “I’m a follower of this guy’s theology” and then name someone like Doug Bachelor or Stephen Bohr (verse 12).

But Paul didn’t approve of this. He wanted everyone to be on the same page in their theology as well as not claiming they were following specific men.

He asks, “Is Christ divided?” and “Was Paul crucified for you?”

I think those are pretty good questions.

Anyway, this is what the verse was about . . . not picking sides based on men but getting on the same page behind Christ.

Seems like a good argument.

Okay .  .  . that's all for today.