Luke 1: 38 And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; be it done to me according to your word.” Put yourself, for a moment, in Mary’s shoes. She was a young, unwed, though engaged woman when the angel Gabriel appeared to her announcing that she would conceive and bear a son. She questioned […]
Luke 2: 4 – 5 And Joseph also went up from Galilee from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, in order to register, along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child. Mary, […]
Matthew 2: 10 And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. The second chapter of Luke also tells the Christmas story. In the tenth verse the angel said, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which shall be for all the people.” Hallelujah! […]
Isaiah 58: 9 Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry, and He will say, “Here I am.” There are no ands, ifs or buts about today’s verse. It is very plain. When you call, God will answer. Don’t you get the notion from reading this verse that God is standing […]
Proverb 1: 7, 22 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. How long, O naïve ones, will you love simplicity? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing. And fools hate knowledge. Proverb 9: 10 reads, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge […]
Proverb 1: 23 Turn to my reproof. Behold I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you. God had this plan from long, long ago to pour out His Spirit upon us. God promised the Holy Spirit to His people. In fact, the Holy Spirit is even called […]
Luke 4: 3 “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” The devil told Jesus to “tell” this stone to become bread. He didn’t say, “Wave your hands over it and make it bread.” He didn’t even say “turn this stone into bread.” He knew that the power to change […]
