Prayer for our Country

Lord, please revive our America with a Great Awakening one more time. May Your people live by the Spirit and passionately pursue You and testify Salvation and Life in The Lord Jesus Christ. Light us afire Lord, passionate and bold for You in these Last Days before Jesus Returns.

Ministry School Takeaway

Ministry School takeaway for this month
This comes from p. 250 of Intro to Hermeneutics: How to Interpret the Bible from Global University. This quote is about how Paul counters false teachings in his Letters.

"In response to their questions, Paul often restates one of their slogans and then explains why the teaching is not balanced, using a yes/but literary pattern. It is as if he is saying, 'Y...es, there is a bit of truth in what you say, but you cannot take it to that extreme.'
'Everything is permissible for me' [their slogan] 'but not everything is beneficial' [Paul's correction] (1 Corinthians 6:12; 6:13; 10:23). Certainly, Paul would not have taught such an extreme. Even in the immediate context, he strongly refutes the teaching of the slogan. It appears that one group in the Corinthian church exploited their spiritual freedom to such a point that they allowed for sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 6:13-17) and eating meat that had been offered to idols (Corinthians 10:23-33).

Thought Bite

A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself” (Proverbs 18:2, KJV). Instead one is to seek “Wisdom [for it] is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding” (Proverbs 4:7, KJV).

How you stand politically is a reflection of your faith

How you stand politically is a reflection of your faith

(James 2:14-26)

Having trouble loving others--there is one Scriptural solution

You can't love others, until you love God (the 1st greatest commandment must consume all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, before the second can be lived out). If you are having trouble loving others, don't try to love them harder--it won't work. Look at your relationship with God and focus on Him. When you do, your love for Him will spill over to other people.