I need to stop worrying about the future. I just have to entrust to God the results of whatever work I do right now and my plans for the future will firm up. ______________________________ Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible, Bible App by YouVersion.com ________________________________ Art courtesy of YouVersion Bible app. I…
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Serving God or Men?
If I am going to be a men pleaser I cannot be a believer. I can’t serve two masters – God and Mammon, nor God and men. ______________________________ Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible, Bible App by YouVersion.com ________________________________ Art courtesy of YouVersion Bible app. I am using the Bible App by…
The God of Love
Happy Valentine’s Day! ______________________________ Scripture quotation is from the New American Standard Bible, Bible App by YouVersion.com ________________________________ Art courtesy of YouVersion Bible app. I am using the Bible App by YouVersion.com for my daily devotion. Download it now for your mobile device. https://j794q.app.goo.gl/nd4yPrGj7Hbhy9Kk8 _________________________________
Can’t Escape From God
From the previous verse “there” refers to “the remotest part of the sea.” The whole psalm talks about the fact that God never loses track of me wherever I am and whatever I do. He is always there with me and for me. He even thinks of me all the time. Whoa! What an awesome…
Waiting Expectantly
his passage comes from an epistle written by Jude, a half-brother of Jesus (son of Mary and Joseph). Though Jesus’ siblings did not believe Him when He was still alive and was teaching on the Kingdom of God, the Bible explicitly records that two of them (Jude and James) became believers after He was resurrected…
The Power of Words
The power of the words we say should never be underestimated. The believer is supposed to say only words that build up, not words that tear down. “Death and life are in the power of the tongue,…” Prov 18:21 This is serious. The Bible says gossip is slander, a sin of the same category as…
True Hope is From the Holy Spirit
Based on the previous verses (Romans 5:1,2) “this” in “And not only this” refers to “we exult in hope of the glory of God” for having peace with God because the believer is justified (declared innocent) by faith (in Jesus Christ and the atonement for sin He accomplished on the cross) and has been introduced…
The Good Shepherd
Here Jesus contrasts Himself with the false prophets. He is the Good Shepherd who takes good care of the sheep because He loves them. (John 10:1-18) The sheep also know His voice but do not recognize the voice of strangers or fake shepherds. Sheep, by nature, recognize the voice of their shepherd and will follow…
Power, Love and Discipline
This verse comes from what is considered traditionally as the last epistle the apostle Paul wrote before he died. He was suffering in chains as a prisoner in Rome (1:17,2:9) and some believers were ashamed to associate with him for being in prison for the Gospel (1:8,15-18). We can say this was a kind of…
Be Steadfast
Therefore. What is it “there for”? We need to look at the verses before this one so we can understand what it is “there for.” The previous paragraph, 1 Cor. 15:50-57, talks about the fact that Jesus has already conquered sin and death at the cross for us. For the believer, resurrection is a sure…