Isaiah 58:8- “Your light shall break forth like the morning, your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.” Preceeding this verse, God through the prophet Isaiah warns men about real ‘fasting’, where men ‘think’ they are pleasing God by fasting, not […]
Isaiah 54:10 – “For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, But My kindness shall not depart from you, Nor shall my covenant of peace be removed, says the Lord.” Looking at the majestic mountains that surround us; the hills; the mighty oceans; the mighty trees with their enormous trunks: we think them as permanent […]
Isaiah 55:7 – “Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts, Let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him; For He will abundantly pardon.” We all know that it is not an easy thing to change our ways: how we speak, our habits, the food we like, and […]
Psalm 103:1 – “Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name.” “To “bless” is more than to praise; it is to praise with affection and gratitude.“(Pulpit Commentary). “My soul is the Psalmist’s self or personality: all that is within me are the various organs of the body, which were regarded by the […]
-Matthew 11:29- “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” Jesus wants us to ‘take’ His yoke upon us, because His yoke is lighter than that which is not His. Then He helps us carry our own weights, […]
–Matthew 11:28 – “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Don’t you miss the feeling of being picked up as a child and held by the strong arms of an adult?Here in this verse Jesus is inviting us – to secure us, and to also […]
Matthew 10:30-31 “The very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.“ A healthy person looses about 100 strands of hair per day. And many of us are not concerned about how many strands we still have, we really don’t count our hair. However, […]
Mark 11:24 Therefore I say to you whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them. “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” (Mark 11:24 BSB) “And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask […]
Luke 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to contradict or resist. Don’t you wish all the words you spoke were full of wisdom and able to persuade and convince people of your thoughts and ideas? How influential would that be, and what an […]
The “all” is here neuter, referring to the whole extent of the Messianic work. Vast as this is, beyond our power of thought, including all times, and all places, and all nations, and it maybe other worlds, it is the divine will that nothing should be lost. In the moral, as well as in the physical world, no force can perish. (Ellicott)”
