Hebrews 12:8-10 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live! 10 They disciplined us for aContinue reading “A Good Spanking”
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Unswervingly
Hebrew 10:23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Have you noticed the people weaving back and forth in traffic, desperate to gain a car length in bumper to bumper traffic? I think, “What an idiot!” But I have to admit, sometimes I am that idiot! SometimesContinue reading “Unswervingly”
Disappointment
Hebrews 3:7-8a So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts… Have you ever been disappointed in someone’s behavior? Or perhaps even disappointed in your own behavior! I know I have, on both accounts. So what do we do with that feeling of disappointment? How do weContinue reading “Disappointment”
The Dirty Word
Hebrews 12:7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father? For many people, pain and discomfort is avoided at all costs. Anytime there is the least bit of resistance or the need to push through something, they just give up and retreat. IContinue reading “The Dirty Word”
Commended
Hebrews 11:4 4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. I have found in life that my reputation both follows me and arrives before I get there.Continue reading “Commended”
Hebrews 11:13 Patient Waiting
Hebrews 11:13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. There are some people who always want to ‘see’ before they will believe. They want substanceContinue reading “Hebrews 11:13 Patient Waiting”
Hebrews 10:24-25 Encouragement
Hebrews 10:24-25 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. We live in a day when good news is a rareContinue reading “Hebrews 10:24-25 Encouragement”
Hebrews 4:9-11 Competition
Hebrews 4:9-11 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. There seemsContinue reading “Hebrews 4:9-11 Competition”
Hebrews 3:19 Poor Substitutes
Hebrews 3:19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief. Sometimes in life we miss the obvious. We have our minds set in one way, and despite the presentation of contrary evidence, we continue on our set course. Or is this just something I run into in my ownContinue reading “Hebrews 3:19 Poor Substitutes”
Marriage Bed – Hebrews 13:4
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. In case you haven’t noticed it lately, there is an assault on marriage and the Biblical view of sexual relationships. It has been happening since the early 1960’s, and hasContinue reading “Marriage Bed – Hebrews 13:4”
The Arnold Journey 