2 Peter 1:10 – “Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: Peter was in the city called Rome when he wrote this second letter. 1-Peter wanted the people to be stronger Christians. 2-Peter wanted to warn the people about […]
Job 22:28 – “Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and the light shall shine upon thy ways.” Job wished that God did not watch him but hoped for the day when he could speak with God. Eliphaz promised a good life to Job, if only Job would confess […]
Isaiah 46:4 – “And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.” God reminds his special people that he was ‘carrying’ (looking after) them even before their birth. “You yourselves have […]
Psalm 138:7 – “…thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.” David “walked in the midst of trouble” for a big part of his life. When the persecution of Saul was over, he had trouble from foreign enemies; when these […]
I Corinthians 10:13: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. Temptation is a […]
Psalm 36:5: Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. The Lord, our God, is merciful and kind. He is also such a faithful God. His acts of mercy and/or kindness when described as “in the heavens” means that it is as high as the heavens. It is […]
Psalm 91:5-6: Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; or for the arrow that flieth by day; or for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. If we make God our refuge and strength, we have nothing to fear. We don’t have to be afraid […]
Psalm 36:6: Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. God has the highest standard of righteousness. There is nothing in the world that can be compared to the righteousness of God. There is no match to His righteousness. The psalmist says that […]
Romans 16:20: And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. Paul wrote this to the Christians in Rome. God is a God of peace and Satan does not give anybody peace, so this God of peace will bruise the devil […]
I Kings 8:56: Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised; there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hands of Moses his servant. This is the prayer of Solomon in a thanksgiving note to God at […]
