Category Archives: Jacob Browning
POETRY / A BOLD LINE DRAWN
Deep in the trenches the nocturnals scurry A night like this brings no gifts for the living On the hunt their gnashing brings bitterness to the taste So in disgust they must toss their corpse to the waste I bring the sorry life out of its misery For that is the purpose my father givesContinue reading “POETRY / A BOLD LINE DRAWN”
JUDE 1:3 / BLOG
“Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.” Jude 1:3 NLT I look back on when IContinue reading “JUDE 1:3 / BLOG”
JUDE 1:3 / BLOG
“Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people.” Jude 1:3 NLT If this is not an exampleContinue reading “JUDE 1:3 / BLOG”
JUDE 1:1-2 / BLOG
“This letter is from Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and a brother of James. I am writing to all who have been called by God the Father, who loves you and keeps you safe in the care of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more mercy, peace, and love.” Jude 1:1-2 NLTContinue reading “JUDE 1:1-2 / BLOG”
1 JOHN 5:18 / BLOG
“We know that God’s children do not make a practice of sinning, for God’s Son holds them securely, and the evil one cannot touch them.” 1 John 5:18 NLT The world is worked endlessly by the “touch” of Satan and that isn’t hard to tell. But God is in control in such an intense wayContinue reading “1 JOHN 5:18 / BLOG”
1 JOHN 5:16-17
“If you see a fellow believer sinning in a way that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give that person life. But there is a sin that leads to death, and I am not saying you should pray for those who commit it. All wicked actions are sin, but notContinue reading “1 JOHN 5:16-17”
1 JOHN 5:14-15 / BLOG
“And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.” 1 John 5:14-15 NLT Our relationship with God is unconditional. We don’t need to doContinue reading “1 JOHN 5:14-15 / BLOG”
1 JOHN 5:11-13 / BLOG
“And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whosoever has the Son has life; whosoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that youContinue reading “1 JOHN 5:11-13 / BLOG”
1 JOHN 5:1-2 / BLOG
“Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too. We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey his commandments.” 1 John 5:1-2 NLT For love to supersede through our sinful nature, as God designed, we oughtContinue reading “1 JOHN 5:1-2 / BLOG”