by MJR | Jun 17, 2024 | Genuine Hope
“…or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.” Hebrews 12:17b-18 How many...
by MJR | Jun 14, 2024 | Genuine Hope
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; Hebrews 12:15 This afternoon I had a brief discussion about a difficult topic with a friend of mine. We talked of how to...
by MJR | Jun 13, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14 What is your first takeaway from the verse above? When I read it, I first focused on the first phrase which sounds like a familiar theme in the New Testament...
by MJR | Jun 12, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed Hebrews 12:12-13 Over the past couple of months, I’ve been working with a physical...
by MJR | Jun 11, 2024 | Genuine Hope
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we...
by MJR | Jun 10, 2024 | 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...
