Tag: meekness
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A Confession Without Brokenness – Exodus 10:16-18
Exodus 10:16-18 Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only. And he went…
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Meek Enough to Keep Moving – Genesis 26:21
Genesis 26:21And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. Again Isaac finds water. Again there is resistance. Again the blessing is followed by a battle. So he names the well Sitnah, a word that carries the idea of hatred. That is very revealing, because it…
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What Heaven Calls Beautiful – 1 Peter 3:3-4
1 Peter 3:3-4 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible… even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in…
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True Wisdom Has a Different Spirit – James 3:13–14
James 3:13, 14 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. James is saying, “You want to know who…
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Clear the Static – James 1:21
James 1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. Sometimes the problem is not that God is silent. Sometimes the problem is that we are full. Full of noise.Full of clutter.Full of sin.Full of our own plans. James says…
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Remembering What We Once Were — Titus 3:2–3
Titus 3:2–3 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. Paul now turns to the way believers speak about other people. “Speak…