by MJR | Mar 14, 2024 | Genuine Hope
“I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.”Romans 12: 3 Earlier today I received a corrected text from a friend....
by MJR | Mar 13, 2024 | Genuine Hope
For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy...
by MJR | Mar 12, 2024 | Genuine Hope
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 We may think “peer pressure”, refers to the pressure to conform...
by MJR | Mar 11, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Romans 12:1 There are certain passages of Scripture I find helpful to revisit time and...
by MJR | Mar 8, 2024 | Genuine Hope
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I...
by MJR | Mar 7, 2024 | Genuine Hope
2 Peter 1:16-18 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic...
