Psalm 121:3-“He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber.” Sometimes, when we come back from a dinner or from work, we see a watchman dozing off on a chair. He is human after all. But the God we rely on, neither dozes off nor sleeps soundly, while […]
Hebrews 4:16—”Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hypothetically as a parent, how would you react when your young child comes toward you? The most natural thing would be to make some contact – arm on their shoulder, […]
Proverbs 1:7—”The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” There are people who loathe wisdom or instruction. The Bible terms them as ‘fools’. These people are not dimwitted or senseless people. They may be learned and intelligent even, but have no true wisdom. They use their proficiency […]
Psalm 89:15—”Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.” -Happy are those who have learned to praise God and to hear the joyful call to worship, via trumpets. (Blowing of trumpets and other glad noises were used to worship Jehovah, and also the […]
Job 5:17-“Happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise thou not the chastening of the Almighty”. Does the first part of this scripture leave you befuddled? “Happy is the man whom God correcteth”. Well, we know that being corrected is a good thing and ultimately works to our benefit in the big picture of […]
Isaiah 40:31—”They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” There are many instances in the Bible when people were asked to wait on God, such as Exodus 24:12. God told Moses […]
Psalm 12:7: Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. The psalmist prays to God to keep the godly people safe from ungodly men. He trusts God’s words of promises as silver refined in the furnace 7 times. He makes his request known to God to keep them […]
John 17:11: And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. Jesus was almost at the point of finishing or accomplishing His mission […]
Psalm 138:8: The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. Perfect means to make something free of faults or defects; complete; make as good as possible. God will bring to completion or make good everything that we are so worried […]
Ezekiel 36:26: Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. Ezekiel is talking about the new man or a person of renewed heart that Paul talks about in Ephesians 4. […]
