“Love the Lord, all His faithful people! The Lord preserves those who are true to Him, but the proud He pays back in full” Psalm 31:23, NIV. True love is proactive and seeks opportunities to show others the affection we claim to feel. God’s people are to love Him as such. Only the saints can […]
Lord, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells. Psalm 26:8 (NIV) In ancient Israel, the temple or tabernacle was the most important, respected, and the holiest place. A place where God lived, met and spoke with His people, the Israelites. The evidence of God’s presence in the temple was unmistakable and […]
Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. – Psalms 41:13 (NIV) ‘Praise God’ means recognising His exalted position and divine qualities. We express our sincere and profound thanks for who God is and what He has done and is still doing for us through words and deeds. God cherishes it […]
Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord’s unfailing love surrounds the one who trusts in him. Psalm 32:10 (NIV) David contrasts the wicked, who experience many hardships, but the Lord’s everlasting love surrounds the upright. The righteous are not those who never sinned but those who turn around to the Lord in repentance. Repentance releases us from […]
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,whose confidence is in him. Jeremiah 17:7 (NIV) Jeremiah, the prophet, declares that happiness surrounds the person who trusts and hopes in the Lord. The Bible encourages us to rely on the Lord and not our understanding, saying that HE would guide our steps. Those who trust […]
Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done. Psalm 9:11 (NIV) The physical representation of the presence of God was the Lord’s ark. It was housed in Jerusalem when this psalm was composed. David uses this as a symbolic representation of God “enthroned in Jerusalem”. God […]
The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom – Deuteronomy 28:13 (NIV) Many people join the race from childhood, trying […]
In that day their burden will be lifted from your shoulders, their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be broken because you have grown so fat – Isaiah 10:27 (NIV) Yoke is a wooden rod fastened around an animal’s neck. It makes it easy to control the animal and enables it to pull […]
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23 (NIV) Many in the world are losing confidence in God based on their situation. Life can occasionally cause us to focus on what we see or hear rather than on God. In order to enter that glorious hope […]
Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. – 1 John 2:6 NIV If we claim to live for Jesus and follow Him, then we must conduct ourselves to reflect Christ. Today’s Verse explains it to us clearly – “Anyone who claims to live in Jesus must live as Jesus did. Our Lord Jesus walked in a complete, […]
