Manna for Your Morning

“ Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. ” — Matthew 24:12 (NLT) A quick glimpse of the nightly news will give evidence to the words Yeshua spoke in Matthew 24:12. As those who have been clothed with garments of salvation and wrapped with a robe of righteousness, let us work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.  (See Isaiah 61:10 NASB1995 & Hebrews 12:14 NLT) The greatest of all commandments is to love God and to love our neighbor. (See Matthew 22:37-39) In John 13:34-35, Yeshua says: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” Yeshua also instructs His followers to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us, so that we may be sons of our Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the rig...

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. — James 3:17 (NKJV) Jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic (James 3:15 NLT). Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others (Proverbs 3:17, MSG). It is also peace-loving, and gentle at all times. Instead of being combative and trying to force it’s own way, it’s full of compassion and willing to yield to others. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere (James 3:17 NLT). Let us walk in God’s kind of wisdom, the wisdom that is from above.