Author: Bill

1 Thes 3:12-13 (NIV)May the Lord cause you to increase & overflow with love for one another & for everyone else,… So that He may strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless & holy before our God & Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. — God’s grace sustains us so that we will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. His sustaining grace will get us thru the storms of life. — Psalm 54:4 (BSB) Surely God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul. Psalm 34:8 Taste & see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Love Mel

Eph 5:8-10 (NIV)For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness & truth) & find out what pleases the Lord. — We are to live this life in the light! What does it mean to live in the light in a dark world. — John 8:12 (ESV)Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” Prov 3:7 (ESV) Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, & turn away from evil. Eph 6:16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith…Gal 6:10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. 1st John 2:29 (NET)If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him. – God is calling us to be faithful & choose to turn from that which is unrighteousness. Choose righteousness, choose Jesus! Love Mel

A resurrected savior!  Where in your life do you need the resurrected savior? What is dead that needs new life? —1Cor 15:54-55 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, & the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:“Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection & the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, & everyone who lives & believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?— His resurrection guarantees that those who believe in Christ will not remain dead but will be resurrected unto eternal life. Oh death where is your sting! Praise Him! Love Mel

Matt 17:20-21 (ESV) He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ & it will move, & nothing will be impossible for you.” — A mustard seed, 0.039 to 0.079 inches, can produce a 30 foot tree under ideal conditions. The Lord is showing us that if our seed of faith is planted in  fertile soil of the heart, watered with His Word, and kept in the light of His Son, then it will grow very quickly & large compared to the size of its seed (faith). So never underestimate your faith, but spend more time with Him & watch your faith grow into the greatness of God! —Jer 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Love Mel

1 Cor 5:8 (ESV) Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice & evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity & truth. — We are to celebrate the feasts by removing the leaven (sin) from among us & replacing it with sincerity & truth. — John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me shall not hunger, & whoever believes in Me shall never thirst. 1 Cor 11:26 For as often as you eat this bread & drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes. — Don’t forget sincerity & truth! Love Mel