GUIDELINES FOR LIVING

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business.  Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I…

Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1 Thessalonians 5:22 So you think that you could never succumb to moral temptation, do you? Paul didn’t apparently think so or else he…

Paul looked straight at the Sanhedrin and said, "My brothers, I have fulfilled my duty to God in all good conscience to this day." Acts 23:1 What prompts a person…

You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Cor. 6:19 Some 40 miles from Rome, strategically located between the Aegean…

[He will] equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever.…

Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.  James 4:17, NLT. Question: Would you hire a contractor to build a house for…

So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 1 Corinthians 10:12 Your greatest enemy, in all probability, is within.  It’s the nagging doubt, the…

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings.  Philippians 3:10 When the 21-year-old spacecraft, Columbia, disintegrated on its reentry…

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,…

The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences. Proverbs 18:21 NLT It was a shocking story that gripped the nation. In 2002,…

So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! 1 Cor. 10:12 Your telephone rings or you meet someone in the parking lot of the…

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a…

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right…

However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.  Ephesians 5:33 Good marriages have a lot of things…

When my heart is overwhelmed, lead me to the rock that is higher than I.  Psalm 61:2 For 88 years, the Royal Bank of Canada produced a monthly letter that…

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name....  Matthew 6:9 Theology is the study of God, but in the street use of the word, your theology is what you believe…

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights.  No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.  Job…

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Romans 8:35 Love is all you need,…

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 Roses are perhaps the world’s favorite…

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins....  1 John 1:9 What do you do to change when dishonesty has become a…