“If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.“ John 15:10-11 These verses are obvious commands and promises from Jesus as He…
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For prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:21 I was an atheist for about a decade before the Lord saved me in His mercy. I read the whole Bible as an atheist, figuring I was just reading a book written by…
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Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! James 3:5 Most believers know the dangers of becoming caught up in the midst of gossip and slanderous speech. The Bible is clear that such talk should not proceed from our mouths. But when…
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Lord make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am. Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before you; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah. Psalm 39:4-5 This passage closes…
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Now in the morning, as He (Jesus) returned to the City, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away. Matthew 21:18-19 In the above verses,…
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. Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple. Acts 3:1-2…
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The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. Psalm 138:8 One thing is for sure: our Lord is no quitter! He did not save us only to then retire from His work in us when He is halfway through. Paul knew that…
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“Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!” James 3:5 We have all heard the old saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Unfortunately, it’s not biblically accurate. James says here that words cause immense…
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O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Galatians 3:1-2 Paul was determined to…
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Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Psalm 68:19 Every once in a while, something astounding happens in lives and we might state, “What a blessing from the Lord this is!” What we usually fail to realize is that God is constantly pouring blessings upon us, but since they seem so…
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