Frank Honess

Loving God & Loving My Wife

I’m a horrible husband.I’m incapable of loving anyone else besides myself.I care more about my wants & needs more than the wants & needs of my wife.I’m often critical & angry.My kindness & affection have…

Do I Fear God?

http://vimeo.com/21314048 Some thoughts I had about Psalm 25:14. You can check out more video & audio content from me here (http://www.frankhoness.com) on my blog!

Wonderful Things

How often do we look over the most common freedoms, privileges, & blessings in life? I know that I do many times & I'm ashamed to have done so. I complain about having some problems with my allergies…

1 Samuel 12:24 (NLT)

My Wife Deserves My All

I was reading this verse yesterday in the devotions I have been doing with my wife & this verse really spoke loud to me: "Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife."My wife…

Proverbs 5:15 (NLT)

Heart Transplant

I love how God so tenderly performs heart surgery on us all throughout life. Its like one big surgery over the course of 80 or 90 years! Life is an ongoing journey of continually surrendering our heart…

Jeremiah 24:7 (NASB)

The Greatest Feast

This verse really convicted me as I read it today. For those of us who love food, Scripture tells us that God is able to satisfy us more than the richest of all food! You know that exhilarating feeling…

Psalm 63:5 (NLT)

God Is Near

I teach computer class to 1st - 8th grade at a Christian school. Within my class, I have been teaching students about blogging & each week give them some kind of reflection question to respond to. Today's…

Matthew 1:23 (TNIV)

Feelings too Great for Words

There's something very striking to me about this verse -- perhaps its just the fact that I feel like identify so closely to what Mary is feeling in this moment -- not so much about just delivering a baby…

Luke 2:19 (TNIV)

Clearing Obstructions & Building Lives

I really love this passage & have come back to it time & time again throughout the last 11 years in my walk with Christ. I have typically read the translation in NIV which says (paraphrased): "Take every…

2 Corinthians 10:3 (MSG), 2 Corinthians 10:4 (MSG), 2 Corinthians 10:5 (MSG), 2 Corinthians 10:6 (MSG)

Reflections

2 God is bedrock under my feet, the castle in which I live, my rescuing knight. My God—the high crag where I run for dear life, hiding behind the boulders, safe in the granite hideout. (Psalm 18:2) 20…

Psalm 18:2 (ASV)

Reflections

Matthew Henry: 6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity,…

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Reflections (Prov.7)

Community Contribution: Another one bits the dust. A man once able to stand in front of a crowd of cameras with the command of respect, his voice strong and confident, now reduced to a whimper of influence,…

Proverbs 7:1 (ASV)

Letting God embrace you in pain

I recorded some thoughts about Matthew 5:4 in my weekly podcast called Soul Reflections...listen here: http://www.garageband.com/mp3player?|pe1|WdjZPXLrvP2rYVW-Y2lnAQ

Matthew 5:4 (NLT)

Beatitudes Study Day #2

Scripture: 4 God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. (NLT) 4 “You’re blessed when you feel you’ve lost what is most dear to you. Only then can you be embraced by the One most dear to…

Matthew 5:4 (ASV)

Be Strong & Courageous!

9 This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." (NLT) 9 Haven’t I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don’t be timid;…

Joshua 1:9 (ASV)

Beatitudes Study Day #1

Scriptures: Matthew 5:3 -- (The Message) "You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule." (New Living Translation) "God blesses those who are…

Isaiah 57:15 (ASV)

01.05.09 Reflections

Read Genesis 9 & 10, Psalms 11 & 13, and Matthew 7 tonight. I think that Matthew 7 really convicted me the most. Somehow reading it from the Message was very revealing. As I was reading through the passage,…

Reflections: Psalm 37:23-24

December 30, 2008 23 The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. 24 Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord holds them by the hand. This verse…

Reflections: Lukes 2:52

New Living Translation Version: 52 Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people. Message Version: 52 And Jesus matured, growing up in both body and spirit, blessed by…

Reflections: Psalm 37:30-31

New Living Translation: 30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip. The Message Translation: 30 Righteous…