Who satisfies your desires with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. -Psalm 103:5 (NIV) There is no true satisfaction in this world outside the relationship we have with our Lord Jesus. Neither can human life be sustained nor repaired without God knowing it. King David encourages his soul to praise […]
Psalm 34, written by David from a cave at Adullam. These were desperate times for David – He was a fugitive, running away from King Saul, who wanted to kill him. At this point in his life, David was homeless, hungry, and living with many outcasts. Yet, this is a joyful and wise psalm. From […]
For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. – John 6:38 (NIV) The Lord Jesus Christ came to do the will of His Father by bringing redemption to the lost. Our Lord Jesus Christ showed by example how to obey the […]
All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. – John 6:37 (NIV) Let’s break this verse into bite-size chunks. What does it mean to ‘come to’ Jesus? – ‘Come to’ Jesus is a figurative way of us responding to the offer of salvation. […]
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35 (NIV) Most of us have tasted Bread. Every culture has its unique version of bread, and it makes up a significant part of people’s daily diet worldwide. […]
“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. – John 5:24 NIV John records Jesus’ promise that those who hear His word and believe have eternal life. Our eternal destiny hinges on […]
Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work. John 4:34 (NLT) Our Lord Jesus came to this earth to do the Father’s will. Jesus said, “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him […]
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. – John 4:24 KJV What is worship? a) It is a place we go to on special days to sing songs of adoration and praise? b) It is a set of religious rules we keep to please God […]
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. Psalm 28:7 (KJV) In Psalm 28, David is intensely distressed, his mind peaceless, his heart bitter and hurt because of the constant threats, backstabbing, evil […]
For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:9 (NIV) Incredibly, the Lord invites us to co-labor with Him. Receiving Christ is only the beginning, in response to the Lord’s work in our hearts, we are called to share the good news of the redemptive work of […]
