by David Keesling | Feb 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
James 1:4, 12 “Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking in anything…Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who...
by David Keesling | Feb 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
2 Peter 3:3 “First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires” (NIV). Observation: Peter said in verse 1 that his purpose in writing was to stimulate the reader to wholesome thinking. He wanted...
by David Keesling | Feb 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
1 Peter 3:3-4 “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment. . . . Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight” (NIV). Observation: These verses are excerpted from a...
by David Keesling | Feb 8, 2017 | Uncategorized
James 4:5 “Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?” (NIV). Observation: In verse 4 James referred to an “adulterous” people, a people whose hearts and minds have become wedded to the world’s rewards...
by David Keesling | Feb 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (NIV). Observation: Paul used the previous...
