Take Up Your Cross

December 09, 2020

Coveting Is Natural to Lost Hearts

Hebrews 13:5 (KJV) Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Here is another verse of scripture with a “bite.”  It reveals the truth that we are to be content in our current state of affairs.  Not only that, but we are to speak in kindness towards others and about other people’s situations, not choose ...

December 07, 2020

The Real Source

James 1:17 (KJV) Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

Here it is, in a nutshell, God is the source of every perfect gift.  Wow!  Chew on this spiritual insight for a while.  So often, humanity likes to take credit for his or her resources and abilities.  This sincere look into the giving of gifts must include ...

December 06, 2020

A Willing Heart

Hebrews 13:16 (KJV) But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Do you want to please God?  Here He told us the way any sincere child of God can please Him.  Tucked into the middle of the thirteenth chapter of the book of Hebrews amongst other imperatives, God used the Apostle Paul to reveal that fellowship with God is a sacrifice that well pleases Him.

Certainly, you understand that ...

December 05, 2020

What Do You Treasure?

Matthew 6:19-21 (KJV) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

These verses speak about what a person cherishes. Indeed, you understand that what a person treasures align ...