There are times when things pile up faster than I can shovel. Today was one of those days. I invite you to explore the more than 1,000 past posts on this website. I will leave comments open on this post if you would like to share what you found.
Blessings! I hope to be back on line tomorrow, Lord willing.
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—
Thank you for your patience and your prayers. Debbie and I are getting our energy back slowly and I have found that I can still crank out a few more blog posts. Starting tomorrow, Lord willing, Three Minute Bible will be back online.
“You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” - Jesus
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
Thank you all for the prayers that have been offered on our behalf. God is gracious and we are coming through the other side of this thing. We still have a ways to go before we are firing on all cylinders. Thank you for your patience!
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Summary: Some kinds of knowledge are good for us. Other kinds a bad, even poisonous. Learning to tell the difference requires that we rely on Jesus to guide us.
I received an email asking if it is okay to share ThreeMinuteBible.com with others. The answer is yes! Absolutely!
This is not a commercial site, but that doesn’t mean we can’t share it. The mission here is simply to help people hungry for God’s Word to dive in deeper. The hope is that by exploring God’s Word in-depth, we grow stronger in our faith, and we find answers to questions along the way.
…but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Inside each of us is a monster. In this passage, James gives the monster a name. He calls it, Desire. This particular monster has a twin, whose name is Desire, too. This other desire is good. The Good Desire longs to be with Jesus and do his will. The Bad Desire… Well, Bad Desire is one that leads us away from God’s will.
The monster named Desire is hard to recognize because it is so adept at changing size and shape. Look around inside your head and your heart. Are you burning with desire? Is there something you want more than anything else? Is it a good desire or a bad desire? When we are content, Desire shrinks down into the shadows. Desire hides, but it never leaves.