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Help Us Be Ready to Believe You, Lord
“She will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall…
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Light that Lifts the Darkness
Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you.” “Let us go over to the other side.” He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm. He said to the disciples, “Why…
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A New Dimension
So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Colossians 2:6-7. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by…
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What Are We Being Saved For?
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him? Luke 11:13. As for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me. Micah…
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God’s Truth Our Hope
The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went…
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Remember
For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. Psalm 100:5. Reading this chapter, Job 20, I can’t help but wonder at the disconnect Job must have felt between his life before and his life now, in hearing the words of his friends. Remember God’s words about Job? Have you considered…
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The Light In God’s Truth
I know that my redeemer lives…Job 19:25. For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of the light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the…
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God Is Love
The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Timothy 4:18. The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. Psalm 33:5. Experiencing this life we live that is so full of experiences both good…
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Let God’s Truth Be the Words You Hear
Our hope is not hung upon such an untwisted thread as, “I imagine so,” or “It is likely.” . . . Our salvation is fastened with God’s own hand, and with Christ’s own strength, to the strong stake of God’s unchangeable nature. Samuel Rutherford. “I am the Lord, and I do not change.” Malachi 3:6. Let (God) have…
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It Begins With A Lie
You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call on you. Psalm 86:5. The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29. A man’s mind plans…
To Take the Hand of God 