You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following theContinue reading “by grace through faith…”
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Dead ~ Day 34 ~ Photo a Day Challenge Lent 2014
asleep at the sermon…
On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul was holding a discussion with them; since he intended to leave the next day, he continued speaking until midnight. There were many lamps in the room upstairs where we were meeting. A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in theContinue reading “asleep at the sermon…”
Wept ~ Day 33 ~ Photo a Day Challenge Lent 2014
Dwell
To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law—indeed it cannot, and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. ButContinue reading “Dwell”
Fear ~ Day 32 ~ Photo a Day Challenge Lent 2014
Turn
But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they shall soon come home. See now, I am for you; I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown; and I will multiply your population, the whole house of Israel, allContinue reading “Turn”
Sight ~ Day 31 ~ Photo a Day Challenge Lent 2014
God’s justice
Now you, mortal, say to the house of Israel, Thus you have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins weigh upon us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live?’ Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but thatContinue reading “God’s justice”