From the Archives: Temptation-Our Daily Battle
Temptation is something that we will battle everyday of our lives. The enemy is constantly using bait such as physical desires, possessions, power, and pride to lure us into disobedience. He knows that...
View ArticleSlavery To The Deadly Lower Nature
“I know that I am rotten through and through so far as my old sinful nature is concerned.” (Romans 7:25) “I love to do God’s will so far as my new nature is concerned; but there is something else deep...
View ArticleLet It Roll Off Your Back
“ An angry person starts fights; a hot-tempered person commits all types of sins.” Proverbs 29:22 I used to be full of anger, easily offended, and constantly fighting. Through the power of the Holy...
View Article"Do Over!"
“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.” Romans 3:23 Recently I have been thinking about how many believers allow themselves to be tormented by feelings of guilt and...
View ArticleDo Not Let Sin Control You
“Do not let sin control your puny bodies any longer; do not give in to its sinful desires. Do not let any part of your bodies become tools of wickedness, to be used for sinning; but give yourselves...
View ArticleWhat’s Holding You Back?
Last night I attended our Out of the Miry Clay monthly support group meeting. Out of the Miry Clay is a ministry formed by ex-offenders for ex-offenders. The ministry’s vision is to provide a place of...
View ArticleSet Free? Only As Completely As The Word Is Applied
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin. 35 A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever. 36 So if the Son sets you free,...
View ArticleI Want To Do What Is Right, But I Can’t
“And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. I want to do what is right, but I can’t. I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it...
View ArticleYour Mistakes, Your Past Do Not Define You
“I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again. Isaiah 43:25 (NLT) Stop worrying about your past mistakes. Leave them there in the past. There’s no need to...
View ArticleNo More Condemnation – Humble Yourself and He will Lift You Up
Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift...
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