Daily Bible Reflections

We don’t always get what we want in life. But we won’t get it if we don’t ask. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

There are times when words are not needed, when the situation is so incredibly unique and/or difficult that to offer a speech is like yelling in the woods with no one around; it might make the one yelling feel better but that’s about it. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Many of our problems, failures, and shortcomings are largely due to a misunderstanding of our basic personhood.  This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Admittedly, prayer is not everything; but it is certainly something – and something powerful – for which we have both the duty and the delight to engage in. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Self-surrender and commitment to the common good of everyone in the community is supposed to be a hallmark of every Christian person. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Details matter. How we go about our obedience - down to the last jot and tittle - matters. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

It is the Christian’s mission to live into the words and ways of Jesus, to follow Christ in thought, word, and deed. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Intelligence is helpful; talking a good line never hurts; confidence is beneficial; but taking the time to practice the skills of leadership with dedicated work and focused motivation is the one thing that anyone can do.  This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The problem comes whenever we try to exert domination over another person, or attempt to command an organization when it isn’t our responsibility to do so. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

By God’s grace, the Church and all believers will be steadfast in proclaiming good news, teaching the words and ways of Jesus, loving one another, and serving with the model given to us by Christ. The ascension and glorification of Jesus makes this possible. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

When it comes to family, an expert theologian or biblical scholar is not needed; there just needs to be a willingness and a curiosity to ask questions. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The Christian’s path of life is always to involve humility, gentleness, mercy, purity, and peacemaking, in doing the work of right relations with the people around them. This is the way of Christ. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

So, what do we do with this supposed loving God, commanding the new nation of Israel to completely wipe out the Canaanites? This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We know we are loving others if our joy is complete in doing so. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Learning, knowing, remembering, and doing is no trifle thing; rather, this is our very life. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

God is attentive to the vulnerable and needy; it is the Lord’s will that no one lives under the oppression of debilitating debt. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Discrimination against another race, ethnicity, or gender is not allowed in the kingdom of God. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We are not left alone to fumble around on this earth, trying to love in our own strength or ability. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We don’t need to live in fear, continually and anxiously vigilant to the bad thing around the corner. And when something good happens, we don’t have to wonder when the other shoe will drop. A good God has good purposes in store for humanity. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

We are not going to have all of our questions answered this side of heaven. We are, however, assured that God is good and can restore us when we are broken or failing to thrive. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Show me a sourpuss Christian, and I’ll show you a Christian who is not close to Christ. Show me a sweet Christian and I’ll show you a believer who daily works at their close connection with Jesus. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

God does not punish simply for the sake of punishment; rather, judgment is a means to restore and renew. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

The easy way is most typically the approach of the Sorcerer and charlatan; it doesn’t really change anything, or require anything of us, especially when it comes to the human heart. It never truly brings about a better world. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Christianity is meant to bring joy and healing of both body and soul. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/

Into a world full of cynicism and sarcasm, hopelessness and despair, it is vitally important that we have faithful and godly individuals who have a settled hope. This podcast is also a blog post at https://timehrhardt.com/