I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you…
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Correct your son, and he will give you rest; Yes, he will give delight to your soul. Proverbs 29:17 It’s kind of ironic but it seems for the most part in our society today we tend to raise our kids backwards. When they are young and cute, we give them all kinds of wiggle room because…
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Jesus said, Father if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done. Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him. Luke 22:42-43 Jesus, being found in human form as you and me, did not look forward to suffering any more than you or I would.…
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They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went out with boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians. Numbers 33:3 God enacted ten plagues on Egypt to force Pharaoh to release the Israelite slaves, with the…
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And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostle’s feet. Acts 4:36-37 I love Barnabas, he is one of my favorite people in the bible. Here in the…
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But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ. Galatians 1:11-12 If this message that Paul preached was given to him by a…
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And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening. Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp. And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and…
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Now it came to pass…. that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign…. And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done. He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image and broke…
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For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s. 1 Corinthians 6:20 Every time I hear a person utter the words, “I can do what I want, it’s my body,” I want to tell them simply, “Then show me the receipt!” I like to…
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A man who is in honor, yet does not understand, Is like the beasts that perish. Psalm 49:20 This psalm contrasts those who put their trust in wealth and points out that their riches cannot redeem them and that their trust in their wealth is foolish. God promises the believer that their soul will be…
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