Fruit of Spirit Peace #7
The Fruit of the Spirit is PEACE. This past week we have considered how Jesus left the LIGHT of heaven, the JOY of heaven, and the PEACE of heaven to come down into our dark stormy world to…
Fruit of Spirit Peace #6
The Fruit of the Spirit is PEACE. Cape Blanco Lighthouse, pictured in today’s background photo, is seen shrouded in dense, heavy, thick fog! A visitor arriving in the parking lot would assume the obvious … that the lighthouse…
LIGHT is our armor, protecting us.
Once again, in our Daily Verse today we see that LIGHT is associated with spiritual warfare. Romans 13:12 commands us to put aside the deeds of darkness and to put on the armor of LIGHT.God’s LIGHT is our…
No room for the LIGHT
In today's background photo, it is clear that the little clay pot has been specifically designed to be filled with light. But something else is already filling up the little clay pot. There is no room for the…
God’s LIGHT … our spiritual weaponry
It is interesting to note that in today’s Daily Verse, the weapons of spiritual warfare are mentioned in direct relation to LIGHT. Faith and Love are specifically mentioned as being spiritual protective “armor” for our heart. Also, the…
You are the Light of the world
Over the past two weeks we have been taking a look at Jesus’s teachings in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew, chapters 5-7). As has been stated before, Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount was radical for those who…
Crushed in life
The Pink Himalayan salt, pictured in today’s background photo, requires a salt-grinder in order to be an effective seasoning.As Christians, God has called us to be “salt” … and to “season” our world for Him. Oftentimes, this results in…
The best way to ruin someone
Today’s background photo is Rock Salt … perched on a pile of rocks.Throughout ancient times, if someone wanted to ruin their enemy, one of the most effective ways of ruining someone else was to destroy their land by…
Hard times leave us “smoked” and “seasoned”
The salt pictured in today's background photo was a gift from a friend … smoked, seasoned salt (personally created in his Traeger smoker).We all are a bit like these smoked, seasoned salts. We all go through “fiery trials”…
If it’s not salty … then what good is it?
Jesus’s teaching of “You are the salt of the earth” was recorded in three of the four gospels (Matthew, Mark, & Luke), and in each instance, Jesus’s teaching emphasizes the fact that if the salt is no longer…