Tag archive: respect
Drop Your Weight
I make sure I get the correct weight Ezekiel 45:1-25 Reference: You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah and an accurate bath. (Ezekiel 45:10 NIV) Explore: I still use old school scales to weigh myself. Ok, not the ancient scales where you have to move the weights across, but the scales with the…
Familiarity Breeds Contempt
I offered him another drink and he gratefully accepted. 1 Timothy 6:1-10 Reference: Those who have believing masters should not show them disrespect just because they are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve them even better because their masters are dear to them as fellow believers and are devoted to the welfare of their slaves. These are…
We Are Family
I consider them more family than friend. 1 Timothy 5:1-16 Reference: Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity. (1 Timothy 5:1, 2 NIV) Explore: There are some people in my…
Love Doesn’t Pay the Bills
This statement was the most unromantic thing anyone had ever said to me Song of Solomon 8:1-14 Reference: v.4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. (TNIV Bible) Explore: I remember when Cameron and I first got engaged we were incredibly happy and excited. However, neither of…
Sleep Talking
I would be mortified if I fell asleep in front of someone in the middle of a conversation Matthew 17:14-27 Reference: v.14 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. (TNIV Bible) Explore: I was chatting to a friend the other day explaining that I had been having trouble…