The Stronghold of Depression

Why, my soul, are you downcast?     Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God,     for I will yet praise him,     my Savior and my God. (Psalm 42:5)   “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)   Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by…

The Stronghold of Sexual Immorality (Part Two)

It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God… (1 Thessalonians 4:3-5)   The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the…

The Stronghold of Sexual Immorality (Part One)

As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. It is God’s will that…