So [Jesus] stood over [Peter’s mother-in-law] and rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and began to serve them. (Luke 4:39) ...
Running Again (Or, “How the Worst Itch Ever Reminded me of the Best Fix of All”) The itch was so bad I could barely stand ...
For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on ...
[The people] got up, drove Him out of town and brought Him to the edge of the hill their town was built on, intending to ...
You are my beloved Son. I take delight in you. (Luke 3:22b) The steadfast, unchanging posture of God the Father toward God the Son is ...
Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourself, “We have Abraham as our father,” for I tell you that God is ...
Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight. (Luke 3:4b) John’s job was to ready the masses to receive the Messiah. His task ...
Therefore, holy brothers [and sisters], you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession… (Hebrews 3:1) Jesus ...
And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and with people. (Luke 2:52) Would you increase in your stature and standing ...
While they were there [in Bethlehem], the time came for [Mary] to give birth. (Luke 2:6) We live in a world of instant weather reports ...
[Jesus] is the radiance of the glory of God, and the exact imprint of His nature, and He upholds the universe by the word of ...
But Mary was treasuring up all these things in her heart and meditating on them. (Luke 2:19) Wonderful things were happening to Mary, and she ...
Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and ...
And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were finished, [Joseph and Mary] brought [Jesus] up to Jerusalem to present ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 2 Timothy 3 GOD’S WORD PREPARES YOU FOR GOD’S WORK All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable ...
When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 57 GOD IS THE PROTECTOR OF YOUR PURPOSE I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me. He will send from heaven and save me; He will put to shame him who tramples on me. (Psalm 57:2-3a) …
TOPICS: calling, destiny, encouragement, faith, faithfulness, mission, Psalm 57
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 8 GOD GIVES YOU FREEDOM TO FIGURE IT OUT Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. But take care that this right of yours does …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 8, church, conscience, convictions, culture, grace, growing, learning, love, morality
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 7 YOU ARE A PRECIOUS POSSESSION OF GOD You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. (1 Corinthians 7:23) Commerce buys and sells things of value. Slavery values things differently. The more someone pays for something, the more …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 7, ownership, purpose, redemption, salvation, self-esteem, value, worth
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 6 YOU ARE COMPLETELY CLEAN IN CHRIST And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (1 Corinthians 6:11) “Such …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 6, forgiveness, identity, redemption, sanctification, sin
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 5 GOD’S DISCIPLINE IS FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE You are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. (1 Corinthians 5:5) It sounds so harsh. It …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 5, church discipline, consequences, judgment, pain, punishment, repentance, restoration, sexual immorality, sin
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 4 IT’S NOT OVER ‘TIL GOD SAYS IT IS Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 4, calling, commitment, destiny, diligence, faith, perseverance, steadfastness
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 56 GOD WILL BE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN TIMES OF TROUBLE This I know, that God is for me. In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man …
TOPICS: adversity, fear, need, prayer, Psalm 56, strength, trial, trouble, trust, worry
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 55 GOD WILL HEAR YOUR VOICE IN TIMES OF NEED Evening and morning and at noon, I utter my complaint and moan, and He hears my voice. (Psalm 55:17) Trouble strikes at the most inconvenient times. Here is David, ruler of Israel, man …
TOPICS: cry, hearing, help, prayer, Psalm 55, trial, trouble
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 3 GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THE END RESULT I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. (1 Corinthians 3:6) We live in a fast-paced, results-oriented world that prizes achievement above most everything else. So, we go go go, push push …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 3, destiny, diligence, excellence, faith, faithfulness, growth, kingdom, service, trust, Work
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Corinthians 2 GOD’S SPIRIT IS YOUR ACCESS TO GOD’S BLESSINGS Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. (1 Corinthians 2:12) All throughout …
TOPICS: 1 Corinthians 2, faith, favor, intimacy, prayer, provision, Receiving, trust
