Mark 1: 14 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” This comes from the very early days of Jesus’ ministry. This is one of those cases where reading the footnotes is as enlightening as the verse. The notes reveal that what Jesus was communicating […]
Isaiah 30: 18 Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all those who long for Him. One of the jobs of any minister is to bring you the Word of God. […]
Isaiah 43: 4 You are honored and I love you. This quote is part of verse four. I left out the word “since” because it is italicized which means the translators added it. There is another part I left out which I really do wish to share with you. It reads that you are precious […]
Judges 6: 13 “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about?” An angel appeared to Gideon calling him a “valiant warrior.” Gideon was not buying into it though. You see his response above. This […]
Matthew 6: 33 But seek first His kingdom and his righteousness and all these things shall be added to you. Many of us are familiar with Matthew 6: 33, but let us look back a little today. The New American Standard Bible has titles for many sections of scripture. This section is titled “The Cure […]
John 17: 23 I am in them, and you are in me. So they are completely united. In this way the world knows that you have sent me and that you have loved them in the same way you have loved me. This is one of those verses you may want to read in several […]
Psalm 37: 18 – 19 The Lord knows the days of the blameless; and their inheritance will be forever. They will not be ashamed in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they will have abundance. Hey, let’s get happy today! There is so much blessing in these two little verses that […]
