And rising up that very hour, they went back to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven [apostles] gathered together and those who were with them. – Luke 24:33, Amplified Bible (AMP) Many times over the years I have heard pastors and Sunday school teachers talk about Jesus’ appearance to the two disciples on the road… Continue reading Are you up to walking 7 miles in the dark?
Category: Discipleship
Are you sluggish, dull, and slow?
And [Jesus] said to them, O foolish ones [sluggish in mind, dull of perception] and slow of heart to believe (adhere to and trust in and rely on) everything that the prophets have spoken! – Luke 24:25, Amplified Bible (AMP) The older I get the more I realize that I am sluggish of mind, dull… Continue reading Are you sluggish, dull, and slow?
BEST OF TQFG: Let God help you with your spiritual insurance policy.
We hope you enjoy this re-post August 24, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Put on God’s whole armor… – Ephesians 6:11, AMP This world is not safe. It is filled with risk, and that is why we buy insurance of all types. We buy life insurance to financially support our families in case… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Let God help you with your spiritual insurance policy.
So what does it all mean?
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,… Continue reading So what does it all mean?
Don’t trust in your own strength.
Peter declared to Him, Though they all are offended and stumble and fall away because of You [and distrust and desert You], I will never do so. – Matthew 26:33, Amplified Bible (AMP) I have committed many a horrid sin in my life. In reflecting upon the most egregious (very bad and easily noticed) ones,… Continue reading Don’t trust in your own strength.
According to your ability…
To one he gave five talents [probably about $5,000], to another two, to another one—to each in proportion to his own personal ability. Then he departed and left the country. – Matthew 25:15, Amplified Bible (AMP) God knows what abilities we have, for He is the one who gave them to us. At different stages… Continue reading According to your ability…
BEST OF TQFG: Why do you love God?
We hope you enjoy this re-post April 25, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team Oh, let him take it all… – 2 Samuel 19:30, Amplified Bible The story of David’s kindness to Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel 9 is a wonderful representation of God’s grace to the lost sinner. Many Christians are familiar with… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Why do you love God?
Oh, to be like a seed!
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest. – John 12:24, Amplified Bible (AMP) From Wikipedia: Maud… Continue reading Oh, to be like a seed!
BEST OF TQFG: Train in preparation for the day of battle.
We hope you enjoy this re-post May 31, 2013. Be blessed! The Today’s Quote From God Team For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword…Hebrews 4:12, KJV I recently had a very entertaining and enlightening discussion with a retired Army colonel. When the conversation turned to some of his… Continue reading BEST OF TQFG: Train in preparation for the day of battle.
A lesson on prayer from Stephen King?
So I say to you, Ask and keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you. – Luke 11:9, Amplified Bible Stephen King is one of the most successful novelists of the 20th… Continue reading A lesson on prayer from Stephen King?