1 John 3:1 – “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!… The world does not know us, because it did not know Him.” Behold, ponder, think about how much love God the Father has given us for believing in His son, which instantly […]
Romans 8:39 – “… nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height […]
Romans 8:38 – “For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,” We know from the various letters written by the Apostle Paul that he endured many hardships few of us believers would not – and will not have to endure. When […]
1 Peter 4:7 – “But the end of all things is at hand; Therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers.” Why do we need to be serious and watchful in our prayers? Could it be that the way the world worked then was not so different from how the world works now? “Distraction” seems […]
Habakkuk 2:4 – “Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.” “Pride goes before destruction”.(Proverbs 16:18) Pride separates us from God, it is self-serving, self-seeking, it points to one’s self achievements, it produces a puffed up soul. Pride distorts reality and can give the proud […]
Psalm 111:1– “Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.” Praise the Lord is a greeting among believers in some parts of the world which should not be taken for granted as merely a greeting like ‘hello’ or ‘goodbye’, but taken […]
Zephaniah 3:17 – “The Lord your God in your midst, the Mighty One, … He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.” When we are feeling down, lonely, lost, sick, in despair, confused, anxious, unsure about so many things in life, we must […]
John 15:10 – “If you keep my commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in His love.” The dictionary defines obedience as “compliance with an order, request, or law, or submission to another’s authority”. To what extent are we willing to obey and comply with God’s commandments? Jesus “was” […]
John 15:9 – “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love.” Our Jesus is sweet and gentle, and at the same time assertive when He commands us to ‘abide’ in His love, to ‘remain’ in His love. He reminds us that “He has told us this so that His joy […]
Lamentations 3:24 – “The Lord is my portion, says my soul, therefore I hope in Him.” In verse 17 of Lamentations 3, the prophet says that he has been deprived of peace. Unfortunately all of us have gone through some hardship; have been afflicted; have been mistreated; suffered emotional harm; and have similarly been deprived of […]
