Author Archives: Pastor Darvin

For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come. Hebrews 13:14 (NLT2)

15  Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16  Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless … Continue reading →

Only fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their actions are evil; not one of them does good! Psalm 14:1 (NLT2)

I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Revelation 3:18 (NIV)

Because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. Hebrews 10:14 (NIV) The command “be ye perfect” is not idealistic gas. Nor is it a command to do the impossible. He is going to make us into creatures that can obey that command. —C. … Continue reading →

If you think that there is anyone in the world so good that God could do something for that person’s sake, you don’t know sin; and if you think there is anything that God will not do for you for His sake and for His name, you don’t know God!A. … Continue reading →

20  But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21  who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body. Philippians 3:18-21 (NIV) … Continue reading →

London businessman Lindsay Clegg told the story of a warehouse property he was selling. The building had been empty for months and needed repairs. Vandals had damaged the doors, smashed the windows, and strewn trash around the interior. As he showed a prospective buyer the property, Clegg took pains to … Continue reading →

He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the LORD. Psalm 40:3 (NLT2) Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be … Continue reading →

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (NIV) “People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be—not what you nag them to be.” —Scudder Parker, quoted in Men of Integrity.