God has not given us a spirit of fear, but the Spirit of power,love and a sound mind.
WAKE UP
Therefore He says, Wake up, O sleeper, and arise from the dead
and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light.
Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily
and accurately not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible,
intelligent people).
Making the very most of the time (buying up each [...]
SUMMONS TO JOY AND FREEDOM
I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord,
appeal to and beg you to walk worthy
of the divine calling to which you have
been called (with behavior that is a
credit to the summons to God’s service.
(Ephesians 4.1).
POINTS FOR PRAISE
AND MEDITATION
1) St. Paul considers himself the prisoner
of the Lord. This is not to indicate lack
of [...]
If we live by the Holy Spirit,
let us also walk by the Spirit.
If by the Holy Spirit we have
our life in God, let us go forward
walking in line, our conduct
controlled by the Spirit.
( Galatians 5.25).
CHILDREN OF GOD
Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are debtors-
not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh.
For if you live according to the flesh you will die
but if by the Spirit you put to death the
deeds of the body, you will live.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God,
these are the [...]
In this the love of God was manifested
toward us, that God has sent His only
begotten Son into the world, that we
might live through Him.
In this is love, not that we loved God,
but that He loved us and sent His Son
to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also
ought to [...]