Clothe ourself

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Read https://raymcdonald.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/clothe-ourselves-in-christ-2/

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We Drift…

“People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated.” ~ D.A. Carson

What Do We Learn from PHILIPPIANS about the Holy Spirit?

https://larrydixon.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/the-forgotten-third-developing-a-relationship-with-god-the-holy-spirit-what-do-we-learn-from-philippians-about-the-holy-spirit/

10 Things We Reveal About Ourselves Based On Our Prayers

In Luke 18:9-14, Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. His point is to show the fallacy of trusting in one’s righteousness while looking down on others, but it’s striking to me that Jesus places the story in the context of prayer. We learn the heart condition of the two men by listening to their prayers—and we, likewise, reveal some things about ourselves by the way we pray. By the content of our prayers over the course of time, we reveal:

1. The depth of our burden about non-believers. If we are deeply concerned about their spiritual condition, our prayer and heart’s desire will be for their salvation (Rom 10:1). In fact, we’ll usually pray for them by name.
2. Whether we feel a need to remind God of our faithfulness. Even when we know better, we sometimes pray like the Pharisee did. We too often default into self-righteousness.
3. The degree to which we’re genuinely broken over our sin. In this case, we too seldom pray like the tax collector did. Rarely do we beat our chest in agony and dare not look toward heaven because of our sin.
4. Whether we recognize the greatness of God. When we do, we’ll spend significant time just praising Him for who He is.

The rest: http://chucklawless.com/2019/10/10-things-we-reveal-about-ourselves-based-on-our-prayers/

Heartache Crushes the Spirit

Proverbs 15:13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

Read the blog: https://raymcdonald.wordpress.com/2019/10/02/heartache-crushes-the-spirit/

The Diety of Christ – podcast

https://renewingyourmind.org/2019/09/28/the-deity-of-christ

What is Truth? A Description of the Nature of Truth in the Gospel of John

By: Brian G. Chilton

“What is truth?’ said Pilate” (John 18:38). This classic question was asked by Pilate to Jesus during Jesus’s trial. This question does not resonate with Pilate only. In fact, people throughout generations have asked the same. What is truth? What is the nature of truth? Can truth be known?

While Jesus did not answer Pilate’s question during his trial, the nature of truth was already taught in John’s Gospel in three ways. First, one must define what is meant by truth. Aletheia is the Greek term which is translated as truth. It describes something as it exists in reality. So, when Jesus or John describes truth, they are noting the reality of their point of reference. Thus, the term aletheia holds that truth exists and is knowable.

The rest is at: https://pastorbrianchilton.wordpress.com/2019/09/30/what-is-truth-a-description-of-the-nature-of-truth-in-the-gospel-of-john/