Author name: Aslan

 I believe that the purest expression of faith is the words “thank you.” For one, those words express a belief that something “IS,” as in “trusting that His grace IS sufficient now, in the moment,” as opposed to “believing that he can, or that he will be,” adequate for the situation, or test.  It also […]

Romans 6:6  Always knowing this that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that our body of sin might be done away with, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin. The root word that the word “body” comes from in the original language of the New

1 John 5:18 NASB95  We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him. Let me give you a good grammatical paraphrase of what this scripture is saying. “We know that no one who is born of

Romans 15:13 AMPC  May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you may continually, always, abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope. I absolutely love this verse. It reminds me that the God of love has a prevailing

Isaiah 37:31 NASB  [31] The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. Fruitfulness happens on two levels for the Christian: the interior fruitfulness of the life and character of Christ in us, and the exterior fruitfulness of the ministry of Christ through us. Both of these

2 Corinthians 5:14-16 NASB95  For the love of Christ controls (compels) us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; [15] and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. [16] Therefore from now

Song of Solomon 2:16 NASB95 “My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies. Song of Solomon 6:3 NASB95 “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine, He who pastures his flock among the lilies.” Let’s do a little word study so we can gain a deeper understanding

“Catch the foxes for us, the young foxes that are ruining the vineyards, while our vineyards have tender fruit.” Song of Solomon 2:15 Even though Jesus was our victory over sin 2000 years ago at the Cross, we have to take Him as our victory step-by-step in the here and now. The Hebrew word “catch”

Every single Christian is in actual union with Christ. Even though every Christian can claim actual union with Christ and all that he is and all that he has, there is a difference between actual union and operational union. If you buy a new smartphone and it possesses all the equipment necessary to do what

Jesus said that even though we are in the world, we are not of the world, even as He was not of the world. John 17:16 As new creations on this earth, we are both earthly and heavenly. We are both seated in heavenly places in Christ, and yet our feet are squarely standing in