The Source of Joy
ScriptureLuke 10:19-20"I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in...
After The Flood
Scripture'So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. ' Genesis 8:18,20 ObservationThe headlines...
On God’s Time
Scripture'When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained. They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the...
Pursuing the Presence
Scripture'You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat...
For God’s Glory
ScriptureJohn 9:2-3"His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" "Neither this man, nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him."John 11:3-4"So the sisters...
Truth and Freedom
Scripture'To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How...
God’s Special Possession
Scripture1 Peter 2:9-10"But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of...
Joy on the Journey
ScriptureJames 1:2-4"Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking...
Desires and Instincts
ScriptureJude 1:18-19"...In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires. These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit." ObservationThose who follow their own desires...
The New Covenant
ScriptureHebrews 10:16"This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds." ObservationThe new covenant established by the blood of Jesus is not written on stone...
Certain and Sure
ScriptureTitus 1:2"In the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time." ObservationBefore life began, God promised us eternal life. Before we ever faced sin, and death through sin, the promise of eternal life was ours....
Learning and Living
Scripture1 Timothy 4:16"Watch your life and your doctrine closely. Persevere in them because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers." ObservationDoctrine is important. Equally important is the way I live my life. It is not enough to merely have...
Simple
ScripturePhilippians 3:1"Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you." ObservationPaul repeated himself a lot. It wasn't from being absent-minded or forgetful,...
Smooth Talk
Scripture Romans 16:17-18 "I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their...
Can’t Hold It In!
ScriptureRomans 10:13-14"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. How then can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to...
No Qualifications
Scripture'Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”...
Walking with the Savior
Scripture“Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little...
What God Says
Scripture Matt. 1:22 "All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet" Matt. 2:5 "In Bethlehem Judea", they replied, "For this is what the prophet has written." Matt. 2:15 "And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet..."...