“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, a virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they…

Be energetic in your life of salvation, reverent and sensitive to God. That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God Himself willing and working at what will give Him the most pleasure. Philippians 2:12-13 THE MESSAGE. Holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and…

The death He died, He died to sin once for all, but the life He lives, He lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:10-11. But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all…

The fact is, I know of nothing good living in me – living, that is, in my unspiritual self – for though the will to do what is good is in me, the performance is not, with the result that instead of doing the good things I want to do, I carry out the sinful…

Within Your temple, O God, we meditate on Your unfailing love. Like Your name, O God, Your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is filled with righteousness…For this God is our God for ever and ever; He will be our guide even to the end. Psalm 48:9-10, 14. Be anxious…

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. Colossians 3:1-3. Consider Him who endured such hostility…

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Colossians 3:4. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11. It is the God who commanded…

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:15-16 NKJV. To this end I labor,…

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. Romans 6:4. Let (God) have all your worries and cares, for He is always thinking about you and watching everything that…

I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in Me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:5. NRSV. A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure. Proverbs 16:9 AMP. I am the Lord, and…