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CommentaryWe are God’s creation. He fashioned and formed our original ancestors out of the dust of the ground. He molded each of us and created each of us in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13-16). Like Adam, God fills us with his breath and blesses us with life. We are his workmanship, his artistry, made toContinue reading “Verse of the DayGenesis 2:7… the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being”

CommentaryWhat a glorious thought! What a lofty aspiration! What an incredible challenge! I am to have the same attitude as Jesus had. It’s almost unthinkable. But just almost! You see, God calls us to this glorious, lofty, and unthinkable height because he calls us his children. He wants us to be humble and to beContinue reading “Verse of the DayPhilippians 2:5-6Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped”

CommentaryWe have no claim to bring to God! We have no right to demand salvation! We have no power within us that can hold on to life! Only God’s love can bring us life, hope, and grace. Only God’s mercy can bring us salvation. Only God’s gift of Christ can awaken us from the death-slumberContinue reading “Verse of the DayEphesians 2:4-5But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved.”

CommentaryHumility is recognizing who God has made us to be and using that recognition to serve and redeem others. Living in humility as Jesus did, we don’t just practice the golden rule, but we go one step better — we treat others better than we would treat ourselves. Are we instructed to do this becauseContinue reading “Verse of the DayPhilippians 2:3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves”

Psalm 51 New International Version (NIV) Psalm 51[a] For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on me, O God,    according to your unfailing love;according to your great compassion    blot out my transgressions.2 Wash away all my iniquity    and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I knowContinue reading “Daily verse on 27/01/2020”

Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” CommentaryWhile we are creatures made by a lovingContinue reading “Verse of the Day 26/01/2020”

Verse of the Day of 25/01/2020 Philemon 1:25The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. CommentaryHave you noticed how words of blessing are in such short supply? There is something about our fallen state that makes sarcasm and ridicule easier to use than blessing. But, in God’s family, words are always toContinue reading “My First Blog Post”