What must be done eventually should be done immediately.
~Steve Kim

Psalm 30:4
Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.

It's been a difficult couple of weeks, believers. The good thing about it is that God has been right there with us all along. We don't understand some of the things He allows, but we know that He is good, His promises are true, and He has not forgotten us. Keep your eyes on Him. Spend time in His Word so that He may speak to you. Spend time in prayer so that you may speak to Him. He loves you and wants to hear from you! #Pray #StudyTheWord

Isaiah 53:5
But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.

Read this passage in context. Isaiah is NOT talking about physical healing! Transgresssions are sins. Iniquities are sins. Chastisement comes to us after sins. This whole verse is about SIN. So, when His stripes healed us, they healed us from our SIN-sick condition. Jesus did not die so that you and I would be healed from physical maladies. If He did, His suffering would be in vain because people get sick all the time! God's Word, and specifically this verse, would be a LIE if it were pertaining to physical healing.

Misusing and misquoting God's Word is one of my pet peeves. Study God's Word. Read commentaries from faithful men of God. Look up Hebrew and Greek definitions of select words. Meditate on God's Word. Pray constantly while you study. Allow the Spirit of God to teach you what His Word actually says, and stop repeating what you hear other people say just because it sounds good. Put the work in and study for yourself.

There is no reproductive healthcare in abortion. In every successful procedure, at least one person's life ends and the other person is scarred for life.
#FridayFact

1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ...

Every week, I choose a verse that I try to live out purposely going forward. This is my verse for this week:
1 Peter 1:22
Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a love of the brothers without hypocrisy, fervently love one another from the heart.

1 Thessalonians 4:9
Now concerning love of the brothers, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another...

Galatians 5:13
For you were called to freedom, brothers; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

1 John 4:11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

I wonder how people go through life without the LORD Jesus to run to when things get tough.
#ThursdayThoughts