God's Paintbrush of Grace

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.  Deuteronomy 6:5 J...

We tend to use prayer as a last resort, but God wants it to be our first line of defense. We pray when there's nothing else we ca...

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by J...

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.  Jere...

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.  James...

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.  Psalm 118:24

'Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins. - Thomas Brooks

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your ...

Fall is about releasing the old to make way for the new. - Unknown

S.O.A.P. = Scripture. Observation. Application. Prayer.

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I ...

This is an exhortation, not to others, but to himself.  His stronger self exhorts his weaker self not to despair, but to wait upon God a...

Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.  Philippians 2:2

To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glo...

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, an...