Posts by Riley Pippen

That Thorn May Be Humility  “And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.” 2 Corinthians 12:7, NKJV Pride in the heart of the believer is not a good thing. In Proverbs 6:17, the first item on a list of seven things that God hates is “A proud look”; pride. Pride is not a good thing in the heart of...

Our Hope Is In Christ, Alone “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast………..” Hebrews 6:19, NKJV. If you have ever been out in the ocean on a ship, you know the importance of the anchor of the ship. If the ship loses its power, the anchor can hold the ship from drifting. There are times in our life when we might lose our spiritual power because of problems that we are dealing with. In those times, we need an...

Christianity Is Not For Sissies “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23, NKJV To seriously follow Christ is not easy.  It’s not difficult to pray the prayer of salvation and be baptized but it’s something totally different to follow Christ on a daily basis. That’s not too easy. In fact, that can be the challenge of our life. In our scripture for the day, Jesus...

You Are Not Alone “For there stood by me this night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve, saying, “Do not be afraid, Paul”…………”; Acts 27:23-24, NKJV In our scripture for today, Paul tells us that he had “an angel of God in waiting” on this particular night. The angel told Paul to not be afraid in what he was facing. This story in Acts is when Paul was on a ship and the ship encountered a great storm and all on the...

Be Diligent About Your Faith “But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.” 2 Peter 1:5-7, NKJV These verses encourage us to add some things to our faith as we “grow” along in our spiritual walk with the Lord. Though the emphasis of...