Posts from March 2021

My stepdaughter’s father, a devoted Moslem, has this constant response for most things I greet him about.  It does not matter what the live event is, his usual response is “In all things we thank God”.  When his father died and I greeted him, his response was the same.  When he was appointed as a member of one world body on IT security, his response was still the same.  In essence while he is a Moslem, he seems to still…

Many things that are desired of a Christian require that we stay focused and always have the heavenly perspective.  Take this idea of virtue or goodness – 2 Peter 1: 5.  How does one add virtue to faith with all the evil that surrounds us in this world?  It is obvious that to be anything close to what is requested of us, our minds must be completely removed from things that go on around us.  Apostle Paul knew that our…

The promise we have in the Word of God is that God will not leave us comfortless.  In fact, the Word of God says He is “the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort”- 2 Corinthians 1:3b.  This promise is available to us today.  We however go through some things in our lifetime that tend to increase the level of our discomfort and we begin to forget the promise that God will not leave us comfortless (John14:18). “God…

The Bible talks about dead faith, which we can also refer to as empty faith, or useless faith.  It is that kind of faith that is as good as being non-existent because it is not accomplishing what God wants or desires of it.  “…. faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead” (James 2:17).  Many of us have only this kind of faith, but God wants us to have faith that is fruitful.  Our faith is…