Numbers 6:25 – “The LORD make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you.” Today’s verse is part of the Lord’s three-fold blessing on Israel, “The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon […]
Psalm 41:1 – “Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.” This psalm was written by King David during his sickness. Through the course of this psalm, he repents of his sin and pleads with God for healing. But he also complains of his enemies and false friends who […]
Numbers 14:18 – “The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty…” Most of us are by nature impatient. We don’t enjoy waiting in long queues and barely hold it together when someone cuts us off on the road. We try to be patient to a certain extent, […]
Isaiah 32:4 – “The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.” Have you ever made a hasty decision without thinking things through, only to regret it later? Most of us have spoken hastily or made rash judgements without thinking of the consequences. […]
Luke 4:18 – “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised…” In today’s verse, we see […]
Psalm 55:22-“Cast your burden on the Lord, And He shall sustain you: He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.” We all go through draining loads or burdens. One burden that drain us the most is to accept a friend who becomes a treacherous and dangerous enemy. It is not new to God, nor […]
Isaiah 7:14-“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Ahaz was in distress as kings from Israel and Syria attacked Jerusalem. Through Isaiah, God spoke to Ahaz. God asked him not to worry because nothing would come of the […]
1 John 3:1-“Behold what manner of love that Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.” It is the destiny of our relationship with God. It is the glory of God’s love. The manner of love that […]
James 1:5-“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all the men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” Solomon asked God only for this and received God’s wisdom. The difference between knowledge and wisdom is that the former is raw information but the latter knows […]
Psalm 119:165-“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” Agape, ‘God’s love’ is His nature and is the fundamental core of His precepts. About his precepts, God said, “These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children.” What are the precepts? […]
