by MJR | Jul 3, 2020 | Subtle Lies
Americans talk a lot about freedom, but do we really understand what freedom means? Generally, we think of freedom as “the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint, but is that really what freedom means? As I mentioned...
by MJR | Jul 2, 2020 | Subtle Lies
Read: 1 Corinthians 6:13 Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food-and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. Reflect: Appetites. We eat because we are hungry. We...
by MJR | Jul 1, 2020 | Subtle Lies
Read: Romans 13:1-3 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist...
by MJR | Jun 30, 2020 | Subtle Lies
Read: Isaiah 5:20-21 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and shrewd in their own sight! Reflect: Today I spoke...
by MJR | Jun 29, 2020 | Subtle Lies
Read: 1 Timothy 6-8 Now there is great gain in godliness with contentment, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. Reflect: I recall a bumper sticker that...
by MJR | Jun 26, 2020 | Subtle Lies
Read: 2 Corinthians 10: 3-5 (NLT) We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and to destroy false arguments. We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people...
