Tag: perspective
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Perspective: it affects everything
1 John 3:23 “Love one another, just as he has commanded us.” Are you more concerned about the love of others towards you or your love towards them? There’s a vast difference between these two perspectives. One difference is that one is a direct command of God, the other is a sinful tendency and our…
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A new perspective
Judges 11:9-11 “Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, ‘If you bring me home again to fight against the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them over to me, I will be your head.’ And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, ‘The Lord will be witness between us, if we do not do as you say.’ So Jephthah went with the elders…
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What’s your perspective?
Psalm 139:6 “Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.” Do you read the Bible? If you do, what is the perspective from which you approach it? Might I suggest there are at least three views we can take as we read it. The first is to place ourselves above…
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Knowing God
John 15:21 “But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.” Perspective, how we see things, means everything. This includes, first and foremost, how we see God. Before we actually know God, we can think we know a great deal about Him, but our…
To Encourage You 