As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we consider those blessed who ...
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. (James 4:10) So much in the Kingdom is counterintuitive. To live, we must die. To ...
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. (James 3:17) ...
A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his ...
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, ...
The whole crowd was trying to touch Him because power was coming out from Him and healing them all. Then, looking up at His disciples, ...
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8) So often in life, we start a journey of relationship with someone, only ...
The clock was ticking, and we weren’t getting anything done. My son Bradley loves the pool, and this particular morning I had agreed to join ...
It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not ...
After looking around at them all, [Jesus] told [the man with a paralyzed hand], “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was ...
But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for ...
Worship is not an event you attend once a week; it’s the lifestyle you practice every day. In reality, everyone, everywhere, at all times is ...
For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a ...
As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word, He was standing by Lake Gennesaret. (Luke 5:1) People came for the miracles, ...
How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works ...
“For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.” (Hebrews 8:12) Guilt is a powerful motivator. It can ...
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Timothy 2 JESUS IS YOUR PERFECT PATH TO GOD For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus… (1 Timothy 2:5) Some try to get to God through works. By doing enough good, perhaps …
TOPICS: 1 Timothy 2, grace, holiness, perfection, salvation, works
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 78 YOUR FATHER WANTS YOU TO COME HOME Their heart was not steadfast toward Him; they were not faithful to His covenant. Yet He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; He restrained His anger often and did not …
TOPICS: grace, home, love, mercy, prodigal, Psalm 78, redemption, wandering
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 77 GOD WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH THE STORM Your way was through the sea, Your path through the great waters; yet Your footprints were unseen. You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. (Psalm 77:19-20) Life can …
TOPICS: chaos, confusion, hardship, Psalm 77, storms, trials
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Timothy 1 JESUS IS YOUR OVERFLOWING GRACE And the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 1:14) Paul killed Christians, yet Jesus gave him overflowing grace. Paul opposed the name of …
TOPICS: 1 Timothy 1, grace, judgment, mercy, salvation, sanctification
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 2 Thessalonians 3 JESUS IS YOUR GUARD AGAINST ALL EVIL But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. (2 Thessalonians 3:3) Jesus warned we will have trouble in this life, but trouble and evil are not …
TOPICS: 2 Thessalonians 3, faithfulness, hardship, protection, strength, struggle, trials
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 2 Thessalonians 2 GOD CHOSE YOU FOR GLORY God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth. To this He called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our …
TOPICS: 2 Thessalonians 2, calling, choice, destiny, election, glory, predestination, salvation
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 2 Thessalonians 1 GOD WILL MAKE YOU WORTHY OF HIS CALL To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by His power, …
TOPICS: 2 Thessalonians 1, calling, christian life, destiny, qualification, sanctification, worthiness
God’s Hope for Your Heart from 1 Thessalonians 5 GOD WILL SURELY MAKE YOU CLEAN Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is …
TOPICS: 1 Thessalonians 5, holiness, purity, salvation, sanctification
God’s Hope for Your Heart from Psalm 75 WHEN YOU FOCUS ON JESUS, HE STEADIES YOUR HEART When the earth totters, and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars. (Psalm 75:3) Our world is full of instability. From economies in turmoil to civil unrest, discord in …
TOPICS: focus, instability, peace, Psalm 75, security, turmoil
God’s Hope For Your Heart from 1 Thessalonians 4 JESUS WILL WELCOME YOU HOME For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. …
TOPICS: 1 Thessalonians 4, death, end times, life, rapture, resurrection
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