Exodus 14: 14 The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent.The Amplified version of the Bible reads, “The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest.” This is an easy scripture to read right over but if we will open our hearts and minds to it, […]
Hebrews 4: 11 Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience. No, I didn’t misspell the word “wait” in the title. There is a concept imbedded in those two words. It is the precept that in our quiet contemplation with the […]
Zechariah 4: 6 “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord of hosts.God tells us to rely on the power of His Spirit instead of trying to accomplish matters in our own strength. It is so easy to get caught up in your own skills, talents and even education and […]
Mark 6: 31 And He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely place and rest a while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.) And they went away in the boat to a lonely place by themselves. Jesus and his disciples were […]
John 6: 29 Jesus answered and said, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”We looked yesterday at entering into the rest of God. We found that the effort we are to expend is in entering into this rest. Today we see Jesus saying that the “works” that […]
Hebrews 4: 10 – 11 For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His, Let us therefore be diligent to enter than rest, lest anyone fall through following the same example of disobedience. Okay, so what is going on here? The writer of Hebrews […]
Romans 10: 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in Him will not be disappointed.” In the New American Standard Bible, from which I quote verses, small caps, as you see in today’s verse, denote a quote taken from scripture. In this case Paul was quoting Isaiah. I would encourage you to follow these threads […]
