Pursuing Peace with All People

“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:” (Heb. 12:14) Notice that we’re called to pursue people with all people! Romans 12:18 says, “If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.” We can’t...

Strengthen Your Hands

“Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.” (Heb. 12:12-13) Do you feel tired? Do you feel weary? Notice that the author of Hebrews...

The Chastening of the Lord – Pt. 4

“Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” (Heb. 12:11) The last few weeks we’ve been looking at the chastening of the Lord and our...

The Chastening of the Lord – Pt. 3

“Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we...

The Chastening of the Lord – Pt. 2

“If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.” (Heb. 12:7-8) We saw last week that God...

The Chastening of the Lord

“For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in “And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: “My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD, Nor be discouraged...