The Living Word

“I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Acts 20:35 There is a pure joy in giving to others wholeheartedly; many people give, but all giving…

“(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)” 2 Corinthians 10:4 “Spiritual warfare is the putting aside of passive attitudes towards faith which keep us from commitment and cause us to pursue only those things that will benefit us. Instead of seeking our…

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” John 1:12. When was the beginning? We have no earthly idea, but what we do know, by faith is that God is the beginning of all things. “Now faith is…

“For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.” James 1: 23-24 My sister Harriet often tells the memory of my…

“More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Psalm 19:10. How do you apply the scriptures when you are down in the thick of the battle, seeking a way out…looking for way to turn or how to give it all you’ve got…and suddenly,…

“But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” Matthew 6:15. The enemy of our souls is constantly putting roadblocks in our paths to sin, and there are times we walk right into his traps of deception… falling short and needing forgiveness. But when we seek God in true…

“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.” Psalm 51:1. Sin is anything that is contrary to the law or will of God; man out of disobedience to the will of God, has been sinning since the fall of Adam and…

“And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.” Malachi 3:17 Regardless to social, economic, or racial status, there are only two categories that we fall in that that matter;…

“Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;” Hebrews 6:19. Anchor (agkura, Latin = ancora, an anchor) is a heavy weight of stone or metal attached to a rope or chain and dropped overboard to keep a ship from moving with…

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8 God created time and all that we know in this present age to accommodate man and our finite bodies for His divine purposes. God just is…He is eternal,…