Journey to Wholeness
You were dead in your transgressions and sinsย in which you once lived following the age of this world,ย following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the disobedient.ย … Read the rest
Who truly holds power over your soulโearthly threats or the One who judges for eternity?
I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body but after that can do no more.… Read the rest
How does the blood of Abel to Zechariah lead us back to God to accept the redemption offered by Christ?… Read the rest
What does Jesusโ warning, “woe to the tempter,” reveal about the consequences of leading others astray?
Jesus said to his disciples, โThings that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the person through whom they occur. It… Read the rest
… Read the restBrothers and sisters:
When this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about:Death is swallowed up in victory.
… Read the restSee what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved,
Zephaniah 3:14-18a
Isaiah 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
Philippians 4:4-7
Luke 3:10-18
On Gaudete (โRejoiceโ) Sunday, halfway through Advent, God asks us, โWhat do you want for Christmas?โ… Read the rest
Baruch 5:1-9
Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11
Luke 3:1-6
Israelโs exodus from Egyptian slavery into the Promised Land of โmilk and honeyโ epitomizes humanityโs exodus from sin into the Promised Land of transfigured holiness.… Read the rest
… Read the restโWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If
… Read the restHe entered a boat, made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.