by MJR | Sep 15, 2023 | Genuine Hope
Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Hebrews 13:7 Over the years I’ve benefited from the teaching and writing of a number of teachers in both formal and informal...
by MJR | Sep 14, 2023 | Genuine Hope
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do...
by MJR | Sep 13, 2023 | Genuine Hope
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Hebrews 13:4 When Gods says don’t, He means don’t hurt yourself – James MacDonald I don’t follow James MacDonald these days,...
by MJR | Sep 12, 2023 | Genuine Hope
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Hebrews 13:1 The thirteenth chapter of Hebrews provides a variety of parameters on living a life of purpose beginning with the words above – loving one another as brothers and sisters. The author begins his...
by MJR | Sep 11, 2023 | Genuine Hope
So if you consider me a partner, welcome him as you would welcome me. If he has done you any wrong or owes you anything, charge it to me. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will pay it back—not to mention that you owe me your very self. Philemon 17-19 As I...
by MJR | Sep 8, 2023 | Genuine Hope
I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that any favor you do would not seem forced but would be voluntary. Perhaps the reason...