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 […]
1 John 4:17 – “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgement; because as He is, so are we in this world.” When we continue to abide in God and make it our decision to remain in His Love, His love is then made perfect in […]
1 John 4:16 – “And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.” There is a striking difference between love and hatred, and they are absolute opposites. One produces joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, […]
