1 Peter 5: 10 GW God, who shows you his kindness and who has called you through Christ Jesus to his eternal glory, will restore you, strengthen you, make you strong, and support you as you suffer for a little while. This verse is so easy to get wrong. Some translations leave […]
John 14: 27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. Jesus was leaving planet earth. He told his disciples what was to come. Can you even imagine how distraught they must have been? I place myself in their shoes and it seems devastating. Not only were they about to lose their […]
John 11: 44 Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.” This puts me in remembrance of the Israelites in captivity in Egypt. God repeatedly said to Pharaoh, “Let My people go!” Jesus came to earth proclaiming liberty to the captives and freedom to prisoners. We saw that Galatians 5: 1 […]
Romans 8: 34 NIV Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Yesterday I wrote to you about condemnation and freedom. Today’s verse asks, “Who […]
Romans 8: 1 – 2 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Isaiah 61: 1 is Jesus’ commission. It is the passage he read which marked […]
Ruth 1: 13, 21 GW My bitterness is much worse than yours because the Lord has sent me so much trouble. I went away full, but the Lord has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi when the Lord has tormented me and the Almighty has done evil to […]
Hebrews 9: 14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? The writer of Hebrews makes the comparison between the Old Testament sacrifice of the blood of animals to the New Covenant established […]
