Category: christian living
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The Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22–26 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the […]
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Word and Life
Psalm 119:17-24 [17] Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. [18] Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. [19] I am a sojourner on the earth; hide not your commandments from me! [20] My soul is consumed with longing for your rules at […]
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Thoughts on the Church
The church, the body of Christ, is the penultimate goal of God’s creating of the world; the glory of God, of course, is the ultimate goal. To understand the meaning of our lives both in this world and the next, we must learn to see our lives in relation to the church both in her […]
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Faith in Times of Pandemic
Habakkuk 3:16 to 19. I hear, and my body trembles; my lips quiver at the sound; rottenness enters into my bones; my legs tremble beneath me. Yet I will quietly wait for the day of trouble to come upon people who invade us. Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the […]
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Humble Service (part 2)
(This is a continuation of the message given last February 26, 2020 to the congregation of Ikthus East – Bacolod City during the Midweek Service, based on Philippians 2:1-11.) 2. HE HUMBLED HIMSELF/WHAT HE BECAME: NOTHING. It is significant that nothing, becoming human, and taking the form of a servant seem to function as interchangeable, […]
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Condemnation and Confidence
A couple of Saturdays ago, I gave a devotional on 1 John 3:19-24 to the Men’s group of my local church. Here’s the gist of it. “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. By this we shall know that we are of the truth and reassure […]
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Know when to stop
“Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist.” Greed has no bounds. The danger of desiring to be rich is that there might never come a time when you’ll feel rich enough. And so you’ll be forever toiling with all the anxiety and stress such toil entails. Not to mention that being […]
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The jar of flour and the jug of oil
“The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.” (1 Kings 17) The Lord provides! He made the brook at Cherith from which Elijah drank, and he commanded the ravens to feed him day and night. […]
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The Christian’s Employment
“On the other hand, what should be the exercise and employment of a Christian? It is even this, whatever he be, or whatever his occupation be among men, he drives a higher trade with heaven, that should take him up. The world gets but his spare hours. He is upon a more noble and high […]
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Asa’s Heart
“Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days And he brought into the house of the Lord the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.” (1 Kings 15:14-15, ESV) God has given us a lot of gifts and talents. But do […]
PHILIPPINE THEO LAW GEE 