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...
by MJR | Nov 5, 2024 | Genuine Hope
…As shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:15 As I read today’s verse, I was reminded of Peter’s exhortation regarding readiness to tell others about the gospel. … In your hearts honor Christ...
by MJR | Nov 4, 2024 | Genuine Hope
He put on righteousness as his breastplate,and the helmet of salvation on his head;he put on the garments of vengeanceand wrapped himself in zeal as in a cloak. Isaiah 59:17 I don’t know this from personal experience, but I understand that standard protocol for...
by MJR | Nov 1, 2024 | Genuine Hope
Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth Ephesians 6:14a Yesterday as Patrina and I headed out of town I noticed a taco food truck with the following quote from Scripture, “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes...
