“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…

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. Isaiah 40:28. Hope in the Lord; for with the Lord there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption. Psalm 130:7. For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all…

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9. I couldn’t help connecting what is found in our chapter, Ezra 8, and the trust Ezra placed in the Lord with Romans 8:26-27: In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our…

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. Psalm 62:5-6. She will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. Matthew…

“Let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the Lord. Jeremiah 9:24. You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely…

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. James 3:17. Have you ever let God’s Spirit guide you? As you do you will realize with great joy that God is Sovereign. His Love is the Living…

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord…

Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;…

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:4-5. Last night in our Midweek Encounter we talked about Welcoming Prayer. Welcoming God and in turn being welcomed by Him. Have you ever said a word and…

From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. Ephesians 4:16. In seeing God’s hand in the lives of people so long ago in our chapter, Ezra 1, can we appreciate God is at work today? I love…