Satan Is The Father Of All Liars And Deceivers 18 Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death 19 is one who deceives their neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” Just Joking Have you ever been angered at what someone did, and their response was, “I was only joking!” The good news is thatContinue reading “The Dangers of Deception – Proverbs 26:18-19”
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Called to Suffering – Acts 9:16
Can God Trust You With Suffering? “I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” Carefully Called We can rejoice that God does not do things at random: Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by. God, omniscient, knows all things, and has aContinue reading “Called to Suffering – Acts 9:16”
Redemption by Christ – 1 Peter 1:17-21
You Are Redeemed With The Precious Blood Of Christ 17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the emptyContinue reading “Redemption by Christ – 1 Peter 1:17-21”
Love of God – 1 John 3:1-3
God Is Love And Lavishes It Upon Us 1 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2 Dear friends, now we are childrenContinue reading “Love of God – 1 John 3:1-3”
Hope in God -2 Kings 4:11-17
Even When It Seems Most Bleak, God Can Find A Way 11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there. 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him. 13 Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You haveContinue reading “Hope in God -2 Kings 4:11-17”
Suffering with God – Romans 5:1-5
Suffering Is Good For The Soul 1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 NotContinue reading “Suffering with God – Romans 5:1-5”
Judgment by God – Isaiah 1:18-23
There Is Always Hope For The Wayward 18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good thingsContinue reading “Judgment by God – Isaiah 1:18-23”
Waiting for God – Psalm 42:8-11
The Long Dark Night of the Soul Will Be Redeemed by God 8 By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life. 9 I say to God my Rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed byContinue reading “Waiting for God – Psalm 42:8-11”
Faith in Christ – Hebrews 11:35-38
No Servant is Greater Than His Master 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were put to death by stoning; they were sawedContinue reading “Faith in Christ – Hebrews 11:35-38”
Walking with God – Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. This is a very famously quoted passage in scripture. But there’s more here than meets the eye. The NIV translates the firstContinue reading “Walking with God – Isaiah 40:31 (KJV)”