by Shepherd of hope | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma. – Ephesians 5:2 The Wiktionary defines “smell test” in part as “an informal method for determining whether something is authentic,...
by Shepherd of hope | Jan 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. – 1 Corinthians 3:7 “Growth” is the process of increasing. Growth can be good. Growth can be bad. When our muscles grow and we get in shape that’s “good.” When fat...
by Shepherd of hope | Jan 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.” – Ephesians 5:11 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes . . .. “ – Romans 1:16a “And such were some of...
by Shepherd of hope | Dec 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? 25 I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! – Romans 7:24-25a Every year on New Years Eve people make New Year’s Resolutions promising to change themselves for the better. But New Year’s...
by Shepherd of hope | Dec 19, 2017 | Bible, Uncategorized
“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full” – John 15:11 Joy, that’s something you don’t see a lot of in our world today. And that’s understandable. The circumstances of life can be very...
