Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you. John 16:22 We notice in the above verse that two really opposite statements are made in one verse, that is, we have sorrow and secondly, no one will take our […]
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. John:15:11 What was it that gave joy to our LORD JESUS, during His ministry on this earth? Was it the fact that 12 men have surrendered themselves to the works of GOD? Or was […]
Let my mouth be filled with Your praise And with Your glory all the day.Psalm 71:8. What do we fill our mouths with? Doubts, confessions of fear, murmurings, gossips and what not. Psalmist David, in the above Psalm is beseeching GOD to fill his mouth with praises to GOD and glorification of HIS HOLY NAME. […]
The Lord knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. Psalm 37:18-19 We do not have answers for all the questions that this life poses to us. We put our best efforts […]
The righteous cry, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. Psalm 34:17 Life throws many challenges at us. At times we lose the courage and lack determination to face the many problems suffered by us. Sometimes, we feel why is GOD not answering our prayers, and a wave of discouragement […]
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs:15:1 Jesus loves peacemakers. Our LORD JESUS has said in the Gospel of Matthew, “ Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of GOD”. When somebody speaks offensive of us, we tend to counter it with further anger and […]
“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; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon” Isaiah 55:7 Each of us have an empty space in our hearts, which cannot be filled with any amount of money or […]
“He restores my soul;He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake. Psalm 23:3” Pride goes before a fall. We see in the Holy Bible, that our GOD is close to the humble. In the book of 2Chronicles we see that many kings who ruled Jerusalem, met with a sad end to […]
“O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him” Psalm 34:9 These lines from Psalm 34 were written by David the shepherd boy, after he pretended to be insane, before King Achish of Gath. As we know, David was on the run from his very own land […]
“You who fear the Lord, praise Him!All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!” Psalm 22:23 Fear of the LORD is the beginning of Wisdom. We see that fear cripples mind and body. Fear of tragedies, fear of loss, fear of diseases are some of the fears that […]
