Tag: light in darkness
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The Promise Nobody Puts in the Promise Box — 2 Timothy 3:12
2 Timothy 3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. This is one promise you will not find printed on a greeting card. You will not open a little devotional box and pull out a slip of paper that says, “Today’s precious promise: persecution is coming.” But Paul says…
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When the Fraud Runs Out of Road — 2 Timothy 3:9
2 Timothy 3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. Paul now gives a word of reassurance. Yes, deception spreads. Yes, counterfeit spirituality shows up. Yes, there are people who resist truth and imitate what is real. But it does not go on…
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You Can Stand – Ephesians 6:12–13
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities… against powers… Principalities speak of regions. Powers speak of bondage. In Luke 13:11, a woman was bent over for eighteen years. …and could in no wise lift up herself. Jesus did not simply adjust her posture. He broke what held her. When…