Morning Minute

Emptied Himself

“But emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.” Philippians 2:7 December 19, 2025 Unfortunately the Christmas season is filled with theological additions and subtractions regarding the person of Jesus Christ. Sentimentalism has created a Jesus who is light years away from the Jesus of the Bible.

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Self-Sacrificing Love

“and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love.” 2 Peter 1:7 December 15, 2025 The seventh petal on the fragrant and beautiful flower of the God-pleasing life is love. The wonderful virtue of love has suffered much in the hands of a world consumed with self-worship. The self-esteem craze has done its damage.

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All in the Family

“and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love” 2 Peter 1:7 December 12, 2025 Once upon a time millions of Americans tuned in to a television favorite, “All in the Family.” We discovered that things did not always go well with Archie Bunker, the father, and “Meathead,” the son-in-law. We will leave it

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Godliness

“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 10, 2025 We have another petal in the blooming flower of a God-pleasing life. It is the development of a passion to know God and His Word. The God-pleasing life is to be lavishly furnished with a love for

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Endurance

“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 8, 2025 Think of a rose that has not fully budded-out yet. Then think of your call to growth in Christ. The uniqueness of Christ and holiness of life are totally ignored and even scoffed at in our culture.

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Self-Control

“and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness” 2 Peter 1:6 December 5, 2025 The apostle Peter was writing to Christians who were seeking to follow Jesus Christ. They were having to swim upstream against currents of false teaching. One element of this was following one’s feelings rather than Christ’s commands.

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