https://www.highwayofholiness.org "A highway will be there, a roadway, and it will be called the Highway of Holiness...it will be for him who walks that way, and fools will not wander on it." Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:15:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 214954533 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/downcast-spirit-psalm-5917/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/downcast-spirit-psalm-5917/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=945 At the first hint of fear, unfulfilled desire, or tribulation, raise a battle cry against the forces aligned to rob your joy. March boldly into the fight with songs of praise and offerings of thanksgiving, rejoicing as the Lord uplifts your spirit.[1] Equip your main guard with the Word, which God forever settled in heaven.[2] Arm your left flank with accounts of the Lord’s loving-kindness and your right flank with His promises to care for you...]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/downcast-spirit-psalm-5917/feed/ 0 945 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/forgiveness-luke-2334/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/forgiveness-luke-2334/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=942 If anyone had reason to withhold forgiveness, it was Jesus. Although unjustly accused, despitefully used, and brutally tortured, He endured untold agonies at the hands of dignitaries, soldiers, and common people who had turned into brutal persecutors. Justified to cut down His abusers, He did not. Rather He forgave them, pleading with His last breath for His Father’s mercy on them...]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/forgiveness-luke-2334/feed/ 0 942 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/new-years-resolution-philippians-310/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/new-years-resolution-philippians-310/#respond Wed, 15 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=935 Along with the perennial New Year’s resolutions to “lose ten pounds” and “exercise more frequently,” set a loftier goal this year by climbing toward the mountaintop and gaining the honor of becoming more like Jesus with each mile traveled...]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/new-years-resolution-philippians-310/feed/ 0 935 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/dependency-exodus-1817/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/dependency-exodus-1817/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=930 God has not lessened His people’s dependency upon each other in this current age, for He has interwoven into our lives those whom He would have help and instruct us when we grow faint or go astray. In the same manner, we are to help and instruct others according to the Holy Spirit’s leading. Look around...]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/dependency-exodus-1817/feed/ 0 930 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/hope-and-trust-hebrews-111/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/hope-and-trust-hebrews-111/#respond Mon, 13 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=925 When it seems that all reason for hope is gone, hope on in faith. With hope upon hope, believe.[1] When trust seems like lassoing the wind given your gloomy circumstances, persevere in trust, prayerfully seeking the Lord’s help and guidance...]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/hope-and-trust-hebrews-111/feed/ 0 925 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/lordship-of-christ-mark-834b/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/lordship-of-christ-mark-834b/#respond Sun, 12 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=922 A life dedicated to serving Christ is not for the pleasure and wealth seeker, rather the Lord’s disciples must be willing to release their grip on secular goods and pursuits to take hold of that which brings true profit and has eternal value...]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/lordship-of-christ-mark-834b/feed/ 0 922 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/kindness-proverbs-33/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/kindness-proverbs-33/#respond Sat, 11 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=918 Oh, the joy of joys that awaits you if you love kindness and allow it to cover you like a radiant garment, beautiful and exquisite, drawing those who see it to the One who clothed you in it, and causing them to wonder how they may acquire one like it...]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/kindness-proverbs-33/feed/ 0 918 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/nagging-proverbs-2715/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/nagging-proverbs-2715/#respond Fri, 10 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=915 Drip, drip, drip, the carping of a nag slowly, persistently, unrelentingly falls upon its victims. Resolute in gaining the desired result, oblivious to the folly and inefficacy of the pursuit, the nag badgers, annoys, and irritates by constant scolding and merciless urging.]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/nagging-proverbs-2715/feed/ 0 915 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/freedom-from-fear-psalm-462/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/freedom-from-fear-psalm-462/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=912 Fear cannot hold captive the heart of one who has seen the power of the Lord working on behalf of His beloved or known the comfort found in His loving arms. You may walk through deep valleys before you ascend to the pinnacle, but the Lord will always be with you. You may suffer severe loss and endure heartbreaking hardship, but His grace will be sufficient for you...]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/freedom-from-fear-psalm-462/feed/ 0 912 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/boasting-isaiah-1015/ https://www.highwayofholiness.org/boasting-isaiah-1015/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://www.highwayofholiness.org/?p=909 Boasting in our talent, wisdom, strength, or wealth is not only sinful but also delusional. Do we actually believe we deserve the credit and praise for anything we have accomplished? ]]> https://www.highwayofholiness.org/boasting-isaiah-1015/feed/ 0 909