Hebrews 13:20-21, “Now may the God of peace – who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood – may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus …
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The Shortest Psalm to Read Yet the Longest to Learn
Psalm 131: 1-3, “LORD, my heart is not proud; my eyes are not haughty. I don’t concern myself with matters too great or too awesome for me to grasp. Instead, I have calmed and quieted myself, like a weaned child who no longer cries for his mother’s milk. Yes, like a weaned child is my …
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What Backfires Is Our Greatest Weapon
1 Peter 5:8-9, “Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.” …
There Is Something Bigger Going On Here
1 Peter 5:6-7, “So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” NLT. I recall my early days in the workforce, when I was preoccupied with recognition and status, constantly …
Releasing the Burden of Being Offended
Mark 11:25, “But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.” Colossians 3:13, “Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” How do you react …
What I Am Not Seeing
Romans 8:24-25, “For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” Romans 15:4, “For everything that was written in the past was written to …
So What Do I Do Now?
Romans 8:26, “And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Siprit is saying, for the Spirit pleads …
The Most Excellent Way
1 Corinthians 13:13, “And now these three remain: faith, hope, love. But the greatest of these is love.” Paul defines real love in 1 Corinthians 13. He teaches that love is patient and kind. In comparison, it is not jealous, boastful, proud, rude, and does not demand its own way. It is not being irritable …
How To Stop the Habit of Fear
Psalm 7:10, “God is my shield, saving those whose hearts are true and right.” The word “shield” is found 51 times in the King James Version of the Bible and 71 times in other translations. We have various types of human shields for protection, such as Webroot on our computers or other antivirus software. Then …
The Most Important Morning Routine
Psalm 5:3, “Listen to my voice in the morning, LORD. Each morning I bring my requests to you and wait patiently.” The morning is the best time to pour out one’s heart to God, before our minds get bombarded with jumbled problems, as David prayed in Ps. 5:3. He did so to receive the strength …