For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance… (2 Peter 1:6). Some days are just hard. You will fail; your self-control will falter. … Continue reading
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge, and to knowledge, self-control… (2 Peter 1:6a). When my classroom of thirteen-year-olds gets ornery, I point out to them one of life’s great … Continue reading
I remember teaching you to ride a bicycle. You were so scared, the bicycle so big. It was, in truth, a tiny machine, long since sold at a yard sale. On that morning, however, it was your Goliath to conquer, … Continue reading
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge… (2 Peter 1:5b) So you’re trusting God. Excellent. You’re practicing the goodness that comes out of a faith relationship with Him. Wonderful. Peter’s … Continue reading
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness… (2 Peter 1:5a) Faith is the starting point. If you don’t trust God, if you don’t act out of that trust, then nothing you do will have … Continue reading
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness (2 Peter 1:3). We have everything we need—We talked about that yesterday. Through … Continue reading
His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness … (2 Peter 1:3). Everything we need. Everything. You know all those reasons you have for not living the kind of spiritual life God has called you … Continue reading
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord (2 Peter 1:2). I know we have talked about this before, but I think it bears repeating. The phrase grace and peace appears … Continue reading
…find out what pleases the Lord (Ephesians 5:10). There’s a big difference between desire and love. Desire is about you—your wants, your needs, and how the object of your desire can fulfill them. Even the term, “Object of your desire,” … Continue reading
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light… (Ephesians 5:8) Our culture is fascinated with darkness. Zombies, vampires, witches, demons—they fill our movie screens and paperback novels. And it’s not … Continue reading