“Now godliness with contentment is great gain.”
1 Timothy 6:6 NKJV
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Abode
The Holy Spirit takes permanent residency in a person at the moment of genuine conversion.
“Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.”
John 14:23 BSB
Historic House
“By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;”
Proverbs 24:3 BSB
Northern Shoveler
Apostasy doesn’t just happen overnight, but is a gradual drift.
“See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.”
Hebrews 3:12 NIV
Time To Wake Up
“For “whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”
Romans 10:13 NKJV
Hellebores
This flower endures even in cold temperatures.
“For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.”
Romans 15:4 BSB
Going Uphill
Caution: Treacherous conditions ahead.
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Matthew 5:11-12 NIV
Pest Control
The trees in this particular orchard will all produce rotten fruit without this process.
“I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. 11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.
12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?”
1 Corinthians 5:9-12 NIV
Sanctuary
Everyone who dwells in His shelter is protected.
“The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.”
Psalm 98:2 BSB
What Happens On ‘C’ Street
Some stuff needs to be dealt with on a routine basis.
“For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.
10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
2 Peter 1:5-11 NIV