Listening to Him My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: – John 10:27 We live in a world with many voices vying for our attention. It can be confusing to know which one to heed to. Some voices are full of deception, some are accompanied by lofty promises, some …
JEROME OF STRIDON: NO SMALL EFFORT “The death [Jesus] died, he died to sin once for all (see Colossians 2:15). Thus, if our bodies are the members of Christ, then our flesh is the flesh of Christ. And while we are on earth we crucify it and through it we put to death impurity, lust, …
AMBROSE OF MILAN: VOLUNTARY OBEDIENCE “God does not want His temple to be a trader’s lodge but the home of sanctity. He does not preserve the practice of the priestly ministry by the dishonest duty of religion but by voluntary obedience. Consider what the Lord’s actions impose on you as an example of living… “He …
BRENNAN MANNING: BRAND NEW CREATIONS “The gospel is absurd and the life of Jesus is meaningless unless we believe that He lived, died, and rose again with but one purpose in mind: to make brand new creations. Not to make people with better morals, but to create a community of prophets and professional lovers, men …
We were created to live forever Yet, God has made everything beautiful for its own time.He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11) You will spend more time on the other side of death in eternity than …
THREE OF A PRETTY KIND: In the hands of the Perfect Potter “Yet You, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, YOU are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.”- ISAIAH 64:8You are God’s handiwork! Carved carefully and sculpted specially for a unique purpose! Though I have personally heard this verse …