The ox knows his master, the donkey his owner’s manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand. Isaiah 1:3. For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief…

“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know, we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers…

To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of…

Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another – showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 The Message. You, O Lord, keep my…

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7. It is I; don’t be afraid. John 6:20. Reading this chapter, 2 Chronicles 21,…

I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father. I have…

On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. John 14:20. For in God we live and move and have our being. As some of your own poets have said, “We are his offspring.” Acts 17:28. Have you ever stopped to consider…

Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell. Psalm 43:3. I read the above verse in Hearing God by Dallas Willard after reading our chapter, 2 Chronicles 18, and yet, that verse is what my heart was shouting…

He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant – not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:6. Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to…

Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Psalm 34:8. Do you ever wonder why this world is the way it is? We live lives and experience so many things good and bad. Multiply that by everyone who has ever lived and will yet live and…