Category: Bible Study

Philippians 4:12-13 12 I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. 13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me. (WEB) When we usually quote verse 13 of this passage of Scripture, we seldom include the previous verse. When we declare… ‘I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me’, we are typically referring to something other than contentment. While it is true that this...

Colossians 3:23-24 23 And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. (WEB) Our biggest struggles can occur when we try to draw our life from horizontal sources. Whether we live for the approval of a spouse, a pastor, a parent or a boss, it is all the same to God. Jesus lived a vertical life. He lived to please His Dad and His life source came from Him as well. Jesus wasn’t a people...

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 But concerning brotherly love, you have no need that one write to you. For you yourselves are taught by God to love one another, for indeed you do it toward all the brothers who are in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you abound more and more; (WEB) I love the tender picture that the Apostle Paul paints in today’s Scripture reading. He is so impressed with the love that the Thessalonians showed to their brothers in Macedonia that he tells them that he really has nothing to teach them about brotherly love… because God...