by MJR | Nov 13, 2024 | Genuine Hope
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good...
by MJR | Nov 12, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Let me hear in the morning of your steadfast love, for in you I trust.Make me know the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul. Psalm 143:8 Whether it is true or not, it has often been said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But how many of us...
by MJR | Nov 11, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Praying at all times in the Spirit with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel....
by MJR | Nov 8, 2024 | Genuine Hope
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 Last night Patrina and I engaged in a...
by MJR | Nov 7, 2024 | Genuine Hope
But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. 1 Thessalonians 5:8 Our minds are essential not only to the way we think or react but our minds also control many of the other functions...
by MJR | Nov 6, 2024 | Genuine Hope
In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Ephesians 6:16 I wonder how many times I’ve dismissed a spiritual battle as something else, something I can handle on my own. When warfare...