by MJR | Apr 9, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Yesterday. It’s easy to get distracted by the mistakes and missed opportunities of yesterday, but there is absolutely nothing I can do about the past. (Although sometimes I do make things worse). Like me, you may have some regrets about how you’ve failed,...
by MJR | Apr 8, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for...
by MJR | Apr 5, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15: 1-2 Today is the day after...
by MJR | Apr 2, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body...
by MJR | Jan 27, 2021 | Genuine Hope
Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically. – Romans 12:11 (NLT) Hold nothing back. Give it your best. Set your enthusiasm free and leave the results to God. — Chuck Swindoll Earlier this week I was on a zoom call with a group of other people and...
by MJR | Jan 19, 2021 | Genuine Hope, Romans 12
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2 A nurse practitioner friend once had several framed photos in...