Psalm 19: 11 Passion For they warn us, his servants, and keep us from following the wicked way, giving a lifetime guarantee: great success to every obedient soul! We all want great success, don’t we? In this, the eleventh verse, King David points out that all that he has written in the […]
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 […]
John 16: 10 I will send Him to you. And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; and concerning judgment, because the ruler of […]
Ephesians 6: 14b Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness. What do you picture when you hear “breastplate?” Do you see Roman armor or perhaps medieval knight armor? A good visual image helps understand the importance of this piece of armor. The breastplate protects all […]
Isaiah 32: 16 -18 The Lord’s justice will dwell in the desert, his righteousness live in the fertile field. The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest. Glory! Hallelujah! Does this […]
1 Corinthians 13: 4 – 5 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness. What do you think of […]