4:9-12 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. And Tychicus have I …
1:8-10 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose …
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”~ Ecclesiastes 1:2 Does this verse ring of utter positivity and make you excited to read on?! I sure hope so… As you read on… Mentally tag the word, vanity. Moving on, the writer Solomon begins to depict the many things that humanity prizes …
Sometimes life’s greatest comforts come only from being in life’s most uncomfortable positions. Like being snuggled up in bed on a really cold day. There is no sensation like it. Our focus on the cold (Cold being an absence of heat), makes us appreciate the heat all the more. Spiritually, this is true as well. …