When you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe. 1 Thessalonians 2:13. Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How…

O Sovereign Lord! You made the heavens and earth by Your strong hand and powerful arm. Nothing is too hard for You! Jeremiah 32:17 NLT. Jesus said to (Thomas), “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6 NKJV. And in our chapter, Luke…

We do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16 ESV. I loved this in Hearing God by Dallas Willard: “What Is the Word of God? – For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through…

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Psalm 46:1-3. Our numbers were few this morning in our Friday…

For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20. My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him. Hebrews 12:5. The glory which You…

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3 NKJV. Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the Lord. Psalm 31:24 NKJV. See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and His arm rules…

In order that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith. Philippians 3: 8-9. When I become overburdened by the politics and sins…

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place, what is man that You are mindful of him, the son of man that You care for him? Psalm 8:3-4. I was struck in reading our chapter, Luke 8, that all the answers we…

So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.” 2 Samuel 12:13 NKJV. There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1. And in our chapter, Luke 7, listen to the…

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. Lamentations 3:22. I asked the question in the title because of reading our chapter, Luke 6. Jesus and His disciples had been passing through some grainfields on the Sabbath, and reaching out picked some heads of grain, rubbed them in…