Spiritual growth

  • My Daily Thoughts—1 Corinthians 14:26-33

    1 Corinthians 14:26-33 (WEL) So how is it, brethren, when you come together, everyone has a psalm, teaching, unknown language, a revelation, or interpretation? Let everything be for edifying. 27 If anyone speaks in an unknown language, let it be by two or at most three and then in order; also, someone must interpret.…

  • My Daily Thoughts—1 Corinthians 14:22-25

    1 Corinthians 14:22-25 (WEL) So then, unknown languages are a sign to those who don’t believe, not to those who believe, but prophesying is for those who believe, not for those who don’t believe. 23 Therefore, if the whole congregation is gathered in one place and all speak in unknown languages, and some come…

  • What is the Fruit of the Spirit?

    What is the Fruit of the Spirit? Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. We are the branches, Jesus is the vine (John 15). The vine supplies all nutrients, including water. The branches bear fruit…

  • My Daily Thoughts—Mark 4:26-29

    Mark 4:26-29 (NKJV) The Parable of the Growing Seed 26 And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28 For the…

  • 2 Peter 1:1-11

    Brief notes on my rendering of 2 Peter 1:1-11 2 Peter 2 Peter Chapter 1 Salutation 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received the same precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. [Simon Peter, using the name the Lord…