by MJR | Feb 18, 2025 | Genuine Hope
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that...
by MJR | Feb 17, 2025 | Genuine Hope
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Colossians 3:16 This weekend as I drove my grandsons around running errands...
by MJR | Feb 14, 2025 | Genuine Hope
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself...
by MJR | Feb 13, 2025 | Genuine Hope
…No human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things...
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...
