“Addicted” or “addiction” means: “to be physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance.” Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be filled with the Holy Spirit, Ephesians 5:18 NLT In this verse, wine can be referred to as a metaphor for worldly things. You can get addicted to wine (worldly pleasures). Force …
Joy in God
We all want joy in our lives. Meditate for a while on: Philippians 4:4, Habakkuk 3:18, Psalm 64:10 and Romans 5:11. What do all these scriptures have in common? The phrase “joy in God”! Fulton Sheen once said, “Your unhappiness is due not to a want of something outside of you, but to a want of …
Nailed to the cross
Colossians 2:13-14 (NIV) When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having cancelled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; He has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. Once …
Stop trying to figure it out
Jesus answered and said to him: “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will know after this”. John 13:7 NKJV Life happens. It is almost like being on this lifelong roller coaster journey, with all it’s ups and downs, trying to figure out what is going on and where am I …
Age doesn’t matter
As youth we often think we’re too young to make a difference. What can we do? Hudson Taylor once said that “All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God, because they reckoned on God being with them.” Age doesn’t matter! 2 Kings 22:1 states that Josiah was 8 years old …