Retro

Guilt and shame are two different things. Guilt is all about what you’ve done, but Shame goes much deeper because it is all about who you are. Shame involves self-loathing and self rejection. It is all enveloping. When you walk in shame there is a deep sense of disqualification and personal worthlessness. Condemnation carries both […]

John 2:2 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; 2 and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus *said to her, “Woman, what does

Hosea 1:2 , When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry from not following after the LORD.” Psa. 63:8 My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me. Jer. 29:13-14a, You

Ps. 65, There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, O God, And to You the vow will be performed. 2 O You who hear prayer, To You all men come. 3 Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You forgive them. 4 How blessed is the one whom You choose and

1 Kings17:1-9 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”  2 The word of the LORD came to him, saying,  3 “Go away from here

You can live the Christian life by “do’s and don’ts” or by “discovery.” There are rights and wrongs that never change, but how to avoid the wrongs and do the right things is one of the most important truths you’ll ever learn in your walk with God. The “elementary principle of the world” is to

Jn. 15:13 But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I do

(Jn. 15:1-3) “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

John 1:35 Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 38 And Jesus turned and saw them following, and *said to them, “What do you seek?” They said

  Jn. 1:3 says, All things came into being through Him; and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Jesus said in John 15 that apart from Him we can do nothing. It may seem like humans can do a lot of things by their own good intentions and self