Embrace the Within

“Don’t delude yourselves: no one makes a fool of God! A person reaps what he sows. Those who keep sowing in the field of their old...

“Beloved friends, let us love one another; because love is from God; and everyone who loves has God as his Father and knows God. Those...

“Let them praise the name of Adonai, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above both earth and heaven. He has increased the power...

“Dear friends, don’t regard as strange the fiery ordeal occurring among you to test you, as if something extraordinary were happening to...

“Furthermore, we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called in accordance with...

“See that no one repays evil for evil; on the contrary, always try to do good to each other, indeed, to everyone. Always be joyful. Pray...

“You have heard that our fathers were told, ‘Love your neighbor — and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies! Pray for those...

“For you fashioned my inmost being, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I thank you because I am awesomely made, wonderfully; your...

“The ends are the means.” Too often folks focus on the ends and neglect the means by which we achieve those ends. Very often philosophy...

“But as for me, because I tell the truth you don’t believe me” (Yochanan (Jhn) 8:45). We live in a culture obsessed with truth. Often...

“For although we do live in the world, we do not wage war in a worldly way; because the weapons we use to wage war are not worldly. On...

“For, brothers, you were called to be free. Only do not let that freedom become an excuse for allowing your old nature to have its way....

“Once more, the Adversary took him up to the summit of a very high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in all their glory,...

“For God is not so unfair as to forget your work and the love you showed for him in your past service to his people — and in your present...

“Finally, all of you, be one in mind and feeling; love as brothers; and be compassionate and humble-minded, not repaying evil with evil...

“For, brothers, you were called to be free. Only do not let that freedom become an excuse for allowing your old nature to have its way....

“So don’t be anxious, asking, ‘What will we eat?,’ ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘How will we be clothed?’ For it is the pagans who set their...

“Yeshua came and talked with them. He said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore, go and make people...

“The righteous desire only good, but what the wicked hope for brings wrath. Some give freely and still get richer, while others are...

“Then Kefa came up and said to him, ‘Rabbi, how often can my brother sin against me and I have to forgive him? As many as seven times?’...