by MJR | Feb 12, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4:25 Interestingly, Paul’s first step in describing the life of a follower of Christ in this letter to the Ephesians centers...
by MJR | Feb 10, 2025 | Genuine Hope
But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in...
by MJR | Feb 7, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Worthy are you to take the scrolland to open its seals,for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for Godfrom every tribe and language and people and nation,and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,and they shall reign on the earth....
by MJR | Feb 6, 2025 | Genuine Hope
“Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously;let this be made known in all the earth.Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.” Isaiah 12:5-6 Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on a...
by MJR | Feb 5, 2025 | Genuine Hope
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. And you will say in that day:“Give thanks to the LORD,call upon his name,make known his deeds among the peoples,proclaim that his name is exalted. Isaiah 12: 3,4 My immediate response to the passage above is...