“Let love be without hypocrisy” (Romans 12:9).  Love is to be an expression of one’s real character or actual behavior. It is a movement and not a state of being. God is love and as we move in His direction, His love within us moves us in the direction of becoming more like Jesus. It is the Spirit of love…

“that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ” (1Peter 1:7).  Faith is tested by the fires of adversity. It is often difficult to understand the challenges and interpret them as working together for our…

“Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4). There is an interest that ought to be equal to our own. There is no way for one to know this because there is none that is able to tell what makes sense to our intellect. Why should we…